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| no partners | | Set out to do some or all of the cabin loop, it seemed like the best option around for likelihood of water and less heat. This was probably right. We got to the General Springs Cabin around 1pm. The first three miles there were plenty of pools in the creek we could filter from, but we had enough water to go on past. We were feeling pretty good, so we thought we'd get to Pinchot cabin and springs before we needed to set up camp. Unfortunately, the trail turns into a road and the road is completely washed out where it crosses what I think is Fred Haught canyon, it is quite a steep drop. It looked like there was a path people had used before and looking back at triplogs I found people had actually done it, but we decided not to take the risk with only an hour before dark and not being sure there'd be water at Pinchot. There was a sign at a previous road crossing that may have warned us, but it was torn in half... I suspect somebody thought the map would be useful  . Anyway, with that road being either totally closed or not of much use, we were able to easily find a nice camp spot and didn't see another soul until we were halfway back to the trailhead. It was a good first time backpacking for my wife, she was hurting after, but only enough to want a different pack, not enough to quit 
The trail was beautiful, easy to follow and sparsely populated (middle of the week, also, pandemic and fire ban may have caused lower numbers  ) The little offshoot to Haught cabin was not really worth it as the cabin was long gone, but a really nice camping area. We'll probably try this again when it's a little cooler. |
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