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| Hiking | 11.20 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 11.20 Miles | 6 Hrs 25 Mns | | 1.75 mph |
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| no partners | | I chose this trail to take a colleague on a nice "not in the city" hike. As usual, everyone for whom I take out here just loves it. This is the real deal, no people, no crowds, plenty of wildlife and picturesque scenery. The Burros were active today and we saw 4 of them, in addition to Red Tailed Hawk, Coopers Hawk, and a boat load of birds, both locals and vagrants. We hiked to the Big Jim junction and had our lunch. At this point we went about a mile up the trail and contemplated doing the Peak 3465, but it was almost noon, getting warm and we were on our last bottles of water and Power aid, so we decided to try it another day, smart choice.
The blooms are becoming spectacular, especially the Orange Globe Mallow and Brittle Brush  There were also a lot of Mexican Poppies, Dichelostemma capitatum, Paintbrush, some Mariposa Lilly, Desert Gold, rough Menodora, Desert Star, Lupine, Spike Broomrape(I have never seen these before), and all the flowering cacti!  Yes I looked all these up
Now to a more serious issue  We had a 3 ft Western Diamondback strike at my friend, with no warning! I really thought he was hit. My friend Joe crapped his shorts and stroked out at the same time, while jumping 3 ft in the air  .
QUESTION for whom ever is reading this - How come rattle snakes are no longer warning us? This is the third one that I've encountered that never even raised their rattle, eventhough it was right along the trail. Is this normal behavior? |
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Wildflowers Observation Substantial
The blooms are becoming spectacular, especially the Orange Globe Mallow and Brittle Brush There were also a lot of Mexican Poppies, Dichelostemma capitatum, Paintbrush, Lupine, some Mariposa Lilly, Desert Gold, rough Menodora, Desert Star, Spike Broomrape and all the flowering cacti! |
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Route Editor
Route Scout
! This trail did not disappoint, at all 
This has to be one of the most stunning, beautiful and breathtaking hikes I have ever done 
Words alone cannot describe my feeling while on this very easy and less than strenuous hike. Even without acclimation, this hike was less than strenuous even though it was AOA 9,000. My evening was spent at the very unassuming(from hwy 273), but beautiful Winn camp ground, which its self sits at over 9,300 ft. Out of 65 camping spots, only 3 were occupied and no one was by me. But, I must admit...... at 6'1, car camping stinks. Even in my Tahoe 
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. At this point I had a conversation with a few fellows going down and they had the same physiological issues, but pushed through it.
. So, I went a spell further and decided to turn around, as I did not want to over exert myself the day before a big hiking day.
