Valerie Norton · @valhikes
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After 5 days of wiggling about and hard trail, it only took the 6th day to get back. Through a fair bit of burn.
Last post for this #backpacking trip: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/08/boulder-loop-pacific-crest-trail.html
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Valerie Norton · @valhikes
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The 4th day #backpacking the #TrinityAlpsWilderness did have some burn at the start, but mostly was a day of lakes and explorations. I stopped by one of the Forest's designated special places (for #geology) even!
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Valerie Norton · @valhikes
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Day 2, the crazy burn. So much burn. Pockets of pristine creek and some nice wildflowers, but mostly burn. A tough day with half the trail really hard to find.
https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/07/boulder-loop-granite-lake.html
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Valerie Norton · @valhikes
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Here's the first day (links to the rest are at the top of the post) of backpacking in the Trinity Alps on my own after doing the first week of trail work. A bit of burn, crazy burn, surreal twice burned, scattered burn, grand (5th) day, then back across burn. Even burn has its moments.
https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/07/boulder-loop-south-fork-lakes.html
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Valerie Norton · @valhikes
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After #hiking out past a little fire, it was a bit baffling why I was barreling toward this pyrocumulonimbus and smoke mess. A lot of smoke, but no roads closed so I made it home.
This is the #DeepFire in the #TrinityAlpsWilderness seen from the Stuart Fork boat launch.
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Valerie Norton · @valhikes
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Going all #SitClub at the top of Etna Mountain (not to be confused with Mount Etna) with the #RussianWilderness and #MarbleMountainWilderness and a bit of #TrinityAlpsWilderness and #SiskiyouWilderness all in view. The #PCT is busy in both directions right now, but it gets quiet quickly with the littlest turn off. Oh, yeah, #MountShastaWilderness too. #mountains #California
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Valerie Norton · @valhikes
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Good grief, that's a big mountain! Shasta sits so far above everything else nearby.
Traveling the Trinity Alps on a disused trail that is little more than a small, odd wash that often travels sideways to the slope. #hiking #hikingadventures #norcal #TrinityAlpsWilderness #silentsunday #nature #landscape
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Valerie Norton · @valhikes
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Mostly not trail work photos from cutting trees and brush along a couple trails in the Canyon Creek area with the Bigfoot Trail Alliance: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/05/canyon-creek-area-trail-work.html
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