What trail am I on? Spring 2013 edition
K
Don2, I think you might be onto something there. I've never been, but it sounds plausible given these most recent clues.
Kirk
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Donovan said Ok then. Now it reminds me of Rho Creek. Don2Rho Creek Trail it is. I was up there last month when we had a VW campout. The clearcut section looks like it needs to be reamed out, but that was as far as I hiked. There were a few downed logs across the trail, but not bad. If I remember right, it was kind of a wet weekend and with a couple of the members having a birthday on 4/20, not alot of work got done trailwise, if you know what I mean. So Donavon it's your turn to post something. Don
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That's growing in nicely. Always good in areas like that to pull the baby trees right out of the earth mother to keep the corridor opener over time.
Two clearcuts, right? One uglier than the other if I remeber right.
I would like to get up there this year.
Picture on its way.
Don2
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What trail am I on?K
Are you at, or near the high point of the trail?
R
I'm thinking you are on the Rimrock overlook trail, out on the point.
D
That was pretty easy, huh.
Your turn Rob.
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It wasn't that easy. I started to think of all the places I know of in the district with big boulders like that - you already posted Double Peaks, so I thought Potato Butte, but the view is wrong, so I started thinking, and then thought about the Rimrock overlook. You caught a very unique perspective in that photo.....
OK, on to a new photo.
This is on a current district trail - what trail is this narrow, steep section located?
This is on a current district trail - what trail is this narrow, steep section located?
K
Reminds me of Cripple Creek. 
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kirk said Reminds me of Cripple Creek.No, you are too far north. This photo is a little deceiving - it is pretty steep - steeper than it looks.
K
So when you said it's a "current" trail, does that mean it's signed at the trailhead by the FS?
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kirk said So when you said it's a "current" trail, does that mean it's signed at the trailhead by the FS?OK, I'll give another clue. This trail does not have a "trailhead" per se - it starts from another trail. And I don't believe there is any signage (at least there was none when I visited last which was a few years ago). The trail is not hard to find, however. It does appear on the trail listing here, and also on the FS website (or it used to - the new site is impossible to find anything).
K
Skookum Lake Trail?
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kirk said Skookum Lake Trail?You are still a little too far north. And west
D
Potato Butte?
Did I guess that already?
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Donovan said Potato Butte? Did I guess that already?You are getting closer, but that isn't quite right - you are moving in the right direction.
K
You said it's really steep, right? Well I seem to recall that the trail to Double Peaks is super steep. I've never been there when there was snow around though.
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kirk said You said it's really steep, right? Well I seem to recall that the trail to Double Peaks is super steep. I've never been there when there was snow around though.We have a winner! Yes, that one section is SUPER steep. That was the only place that still had snow when I went a few years ago. Your turn to post a photo.
K
Okay, here you go. Where trail am I on?
D
Is there a spring nearby, behind you?
Don2
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