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| Hiking | 11.70 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 11.70 Miles | 6 Hrs 40 Mns | | 1.76 mph |
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| no partners | | Not the hike planned for the day, but that is how days go...
My intent was to hike up Dog Canyon then traverse above the frontal range over to the next drainage to the south and do an exploratory hike working my way down through Escondido Canyon. Though there are no posted trails nor listings in the area guide books, there is a trail on the MyTopo page, and I have reviewed the area from above from Gobbler Knob... I assume it is very doable... and that was the plan.
It would have been a moderately long day... 6 miles up Dog... 7 miles over...3 miles in... then 4-6 miles down the canyon... then another 4 miles of desert back to the truck, but most of the climbing would have been completed in the first 6 miles. Seemed okay.
Visible snowline appears to be around 7,000' but the north slopes have scattered snow down below 5,000'... I was hoping for a relatively clear path, but I packed along the Neos overboots just in case. Turned out to be a good idea.
Hit a snow covered meadow 6-8" deep while still working my way up Dog Canyon, and cresting out on the north side, got into 12" pretty consistently. There were clear areas of ground, but since the ground was not frozen, the infamous frontal range clay/mud posed a more imposing challenge than simply staying in the deep snow. It was not exactly postholing, but it was a leg burning effort to keep clipping off the miles.... in the end, instead of making the traverse I opted for the opposite direction and bagged the little mini-peak on the north side of the drainage.
Fun day... since I'm not training for trail events right now, I should get to have one of these little mini-exploratory outings each week. Lots of canyons to venture into... and ridges to climb. |
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