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| Hiking | 5.16 Miles |
1,388 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.16 Miles | 3 Hrs 35 Mns | | 1.72 mph |
| 1,388 ft AEG | 35 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I had been intrigued by this hike for several years. (I love HAZ's proximity trail locator that shows all the trails in the vicinity. Whenever I look up trails on the west side there are not many trails that I haven't done, especially near the city. Margies has come up numerous times as I slowly work my way out and today seems like an ideal day to finally expand my horizons).
The driving directions to the trail were fairly accurate. No problem with finding Woods Rd. and the dirt road that took me back towards Margies Peak was not only drivable for my low riding Camry but also had numerous signs indicating trail ahead. I only drove in about 2.75 miles from the cattle guard and then hiked from there to where I followed (roughly) Joe's GPS track to the top. I hiked a little under a mile on the road and I feel fairly Certain that my car could have made it over that stretch. Anyone know how much further it would have been to get to the Cove TH. I'm kind of intrigued with doing that now.
Anyway, once I left the road the hike is all off trail. I quickly abandoned trying to follow the route set by Joe. The objective was fairly obvious and it became a hassle trying to correct my course to follow his route. Besides, I know that I can never follow in his footsteps. He is a "rock" legend and I but a band groupie shuffling in his shadow. The climb to the top was steep, but not as a hazardous as I feared. The vegetation and rock formations were accommodating enough that there were always options in the routes I chose. There was of course the obligatory false summit, several actually. The views from the top were awesome! I was amazed at all the unnamed (to me) mountains in the area. If you're a peak bagger this is your playground. Signed the new registry at the top and headed back down. It looked like the last person to visit the peak was in January and they made it up there with their dog Izzie. Impressive dog! On the way down my leg (leg muscles actually) were shaking at times. This is a grueling hike. I haven't done any serious hikes in the last couple months and my legs let me know  . The temps were suppose to reach the upper 90's. But there were some high clouds and an occasional breeze that made it feel cooler. No wildlife except for chipmunks and lizards. |
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