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| Hiking | 2.76 Miles |
812 AEG |
| | Hiking | 2.76 Miles | 2 Hrs 15 Mns | | 1.23 mph |
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| no partners | | This report is for Peak 2483 and Beacon Hill, which I believe is surrounded by private property, but there's a strip of USFS land coming in from the East side, slightly North of where I hiked. As for Beacon Hill, the maps indicate that it's on USFS land, but the fenced in areas are on private property.
Note: When I was here in Nov 2023, there were workers re-doing the barbed wire fence which is before the cave area. I also saw a family with some younger kids exploring the cave area. I did see some "Private Property" signs that were on the ground. The workers said go ahead but be careful. I also saw a gap in the fence so it appears that the land owners, assuming there are actual land owners here, permit people to visit the cave area. As least for now...
Down at my starting point, I saw some workers working on a barbed wire fence which was 100 feet West of the parking area. The fence workers told me it was OK to pass through so I started out by exploring the 2 caves which are visible from the trailhead. I also noticed a gap in the fence which probably was intended to allow people through to explore the unique cave area. It's too bad that there was a lot of graffiti inside the caves. It takes away from the real nature and cheapens the area. Anyway, after exploring the caves, I hiked to the North and found a use trail going above and around the cave areas. I even found an upper entrance that could potentially be dangerous but was another way to get down into the cave from a higher level. I kept going up and within a few minutes I reached the top of a rocky hill. Looking to the Northwest, I could see Peak 2483 which was 200 feet above where I was. I kept moving forward and climbing up. There wasn't much brush to go around, and it was easy to find clearings and good ways to proceed. It felt like I was on a use trail either made by people or animals.
I reached the summit in probably 20 minutes and found a registry that was not in such as obvious place. Since the year 2000, I only saw 5 parties listed in the registry which is much less than I expected. The last entry was over 6 years ago (Nov 2017). I believe there were more recent hikers who did not see the registry. I signed it and added a pile of rocks so that it would be more visible.
From the summit, I climbed down to a low saddle and found what appeared to be a large trinchera in good condition. It's hard to tell whether this trinchera was traditional or "modern day artwork". Anyway, it was a great photo, and I continued up to Beacon hill where I saw a use trail up higher, and a dirt road running North and all the way down the North side. The road led over to some antennas and satellite dishes inside a fenced area. I walked around the fence, and back to the road then took it further North and slightly downhill. Up ahead there were more antenna towers. I took a photo of these towers and then turned around to head back. According to Google Maps and "Street View", there's a sign at the bottom of the road on the North side that says Private Property with a closed gate. I didn't come from that way and I didn't see anyone else on the hill.
After turning around, I walked the road back to the fenced area at the top, and then saw some cairns heading back down to the saddle. I took a slightly different route to the saddle. There were many good ways to go. Then, instead of summiting Peak 2483 again, I stayed left of the summit and stayed about 250 feet below the peak and wrapped around to the saddle Southeast of Peak 2483. Then, I took basically the same route back down to where I parked. By this time, the fence workers were gone and I walked through the gap in the fence.
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Total Distance = 2.76 miles
AEG = 812 feet
Strava Moving Time = 1 hr 46 mins
Strava Elapsed Time = 2 hr 52 mins |
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Michael Williams
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