It was supposed to by dry and sunny on Easter and then the
weather would be back to rain on Monday.
So after getting permission from my family I went for a hike. It has been a while since I went up Dry
Creek. I had been kind of avoiding it
after my last trip up there.
This trip was better, but there was some rain, I may as well
have hiked it on Monday. The creek was
high but I found a log to cross it on upstream of the trail.
There were a lot of trilliums in bloom before the creek crossing. There are about 5 blow downs to navigate after the creek, other wise the trail is in good shape in spite of getting so little use.
Pellia was growing in the middle of the trail and producing sporophytes.
There were a lot of trilliums in bloom before the creek crossing. There are about 5 blow downs to navigate after the creek, other wise the trail is in good shape in spite of getting so little use.
Pellia was growing in the middle of the trail and producing sporophytes.
I made it to the beautiful ridge at 3pm and took an hour break. I was tired; this hike always takes it out of
me.
When I got back down to the Lake I saw that a homeowner down
there had left a massive fire going. Fires are
not allowed in that area anymore as far as I know. There is a sign on the trail that says that there is a nature area all along there and camp fires are not allowed.
As always the old growth forest on the ridge was wonderful
and the destruction on the Lake Shore was ugly.
11 miles with 2,300 feet elevation gain
Short video
Long video
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| Parking |
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| Mount Rose |
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| Where it all went pear shaped last time |
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| It does not make me feel better that they planted one for every one they cut down. It will take up to 1,200 years to replace them |
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| Nematoloma |
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| High Speed Chase |
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| Kristen Delaney died here, but why? |
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| Tea time |
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| Lunch time view |
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| Carnivore poop |
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| Hypnum circinale moss on the log in camp |
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| My hand made daypack on the Hypnum covered log |
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| Evidence of very old trail work |
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| The log we chose to cross the creek on |
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| The official log crossing (no thanks!) |
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| Beautiful Mount Rose, named after the father of the mountain that mount Ellinor is named after his future son-in-law the cartographer was sucking up I guess |
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| Fire by the lake |
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| Homestead associated with the fire |
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| The fire by the lake there is a lot of footage of this in the longer video |
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| Track log in Google Earth |
Loved the video! Thanks!
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