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| | Hiking | 10.00 Miles | 6 Hrs 35 Mns | | 1.69 mph |
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| no partners | | I have been searching for a hike that has very few triplogs, I want to avoid redundant or over hiked trails. This one fit the bill, I knew this was the right place when I whipped in to the parking area and it was empty. That was the good news, bad news.....it's friggen cold and windy  like 42* and a good 15 mph breeze. I'm glad my beanie and gloves were still in the truck.
This hike was interesting, the history and nostalgia makes it that way. An old mail trail from the 1890's, cool! It was so rocky though, I mean ROCKY and of course I'm looking for critters and birds and not watching my step  I saw at least a dozen different bear scat piles...boy they are getting their fiber for sure  And the entire trail system is plum full of Deer and Elk droppings, and lots of hoof prints.
Towards the end of the trail before starting the descent, I ran in to a guy on his quad hunting for Elk antlers, he took the time to school me on the biology of how the antlers fall off....pretty interesting. I only went 1/2 mile or so down the descent and decided to end my day and head back, I wanted to stop by Clear Creek on the way home, plus my right outer knee band was aching.
By the time I got back to my car, I was so done. Really....I was done with the friggen rocks and I was tired and had exhausted all my energy. This trail is ONE AND DONE for me 
P.S. the Blue Jays run the roost in this area. Man... are they elusive though, they squawk and dive bomb as soon as you get close to them...tough to get any good photos of them  |
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