I don't have a writeup for this Fall outing, but I know that everyone had a good time with some great hikes. There was an incident with a water main failure, but it didn't stop this group.
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It was a perfect day for a hike.
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"We few, we happy few," we band of hikers? Anyway, while the bulk of Scenic City departed for the fall retreat, a few of us decided to continue with the Tuesday hike. Our group was small with only 5 hikers, and after rumors of smoke from the fires in the Laurel-Pocket forest near the trail, two hikers canceled. Tim Booth, Kathy Bowen and I decided we would hike as planned.
We started at the Roaring Creek trailhead. The day was beautiful with a few clouds. Fall colors were abundant with leaves covering the trail and in places obscuring it. The day was clear enough for magnificent views of the distant ridges and mountains especially when we crossed Brayton Mountain road. Conditions were extremely dry and as we neared the bridge on McGill Creek, we were extremely disappointed to see the usual roaring and rushing creek was dry except for a few pools of water. We crossed the bridge and eyed the path to the waterfall, which was narrow and overgrown. After we discussed the unlikelihood of water at the falls we decided to start the return to the car.
Our finished hike was around 5
miles with an elevation gain of between 800 and 900 feet. These stats are
closely aligned with Alltrails, which doesn't always occur.
The group enjoyed the hike and found the trail pretty in its fall colors. We agreed it should be revisited in the spring, when we can see the full beauty of McGill creek and its falls.
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This hike was a rather long and difficult one. The distance was 8.4 miles under very nice sunny conditions.
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This is a relatively new trail, so the 16 of us hikers set out to explore this area. It was a lovely day for a hike. This was the first cold day we have had for a hike with the temps starting out in the 40's and gradually warming up during the day. The sun was intermittent throughout the morning and the turning fall leaves were beautiful. This hike was one I would rate as easy and went for 3.9 miles. Following the hike a group of us went to The 5 Amigos for lunch. Mine wasn't so good, but everyone else seemed to enjoy there lunch.
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