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| Hiking | 18.37 Miles |
4,870 AEG |
| | Hiking | 18.37 Miles | 7 Hrs 13 Mns | | 2.55 mph |
| 4,870 ft AEG | | 9 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Beautiful day with temps in the 60s and mostly clear skies. Table Mountain and Aldrich Butte encompass one of the few areas on the Washington side of the gorge that I have never explored. Not really sure why that is, but today was the day to check it out.
Made really good time going up trail. The area has a fairly extensive network of old 4x4 roads and random use trails that intersect in multiple places, but the trail is always well marked and never hard to follow. I took the Heartbreak Ridge route to get to the summit, then looped around the north side of the summit and dropped down to rejoin the PCT. Someone went a bit crazy with the "heartbreak" signs along the ridge trail, I counted 18 of them for the stretch of trail that's just over a mile. On the way back I took a gamble by following an unmarked 4x4 road in an attempt to get to Aldrich Butte without having to do any backtracking. My plan worked out perfectly- not really sure why the route I took wasn't marked at the main PCT junction, but further down the way it was clearly marked as a route to Aldrich Butte. |
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