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| | Hiking | 6.03 Miles | 5 Hrs 54 Mns | | 1.02 mph |
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| no partners | | Marilyn, Bob, and I hiked the Tramway Maxwell Loop on Sunday. This was our first time on this loop, so we didn't know exactly what to expect.
We did the "official" route. I downloaded the route onto my watch - it proved to be more useful than I expected for picking the correct forks on the road leading to the top of the Tramway Trail. As I recall, going left was correct at each fork that we encountered.
After hiking The Point Trail several weeks ago, I was expecting the Tramway Trail to be equally steep. I was pleasantly surprised. It has a lot of switchbacks and was less steep than I expected. The trail is in good condition, though we did encounter some encroaching foliage near the bottom.
West Clear Creek turned out to be deeper than I expected. While much of the wading was knee or waist deep, I encountered some sections which were quite a lot deeper. There were a few sections where I had to swim a few strokes. I was happy that the dry bags in my pack added a bit of buoyancy. It briefly rained while we were in the creek, but we didn't observe any change in the water level.
The Maxwell Trail is also in good condition. We saw several places where fallen trees had been cut to make it easier to get through. Near the top, it appeared to me that the trail had been rerouted at some point in the past to avoid some other deadfall.
It rained again briefly as we hiked back to our vehicle on forest service road 81E. |
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