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Day 1915/111 – Hike!

So this past Sunday i hauled my ass (and my camera bag) to the top of Grizzly Peak. It’s a very nice hike that traverses a rich mix of forest types. My only comment would be to edit the information on the little kiosk at the trailhead. Where it begins “This short hike….” i would add “relentlessly ascending” to the description. But then i’m horribly out of shape so i suspect for most people the ascension would not be quite as taxing.

As is so often the case i did the loop trail up near the summit backwards and hence would argue that backwards is the superior direction. By going backwards, counter-clockwise, you’re presented with a more dramatic, sudden, view of the burned part of the forest. Really… you pop out of lush greenery on one side of a ridge and into a graveyard of trees. Maybe at the trailhead was where i read about the fire, the Antelope fire.

Rather than babble on, i’ll just cut to the pictures.

Peak to peak… mt. ashland on the right, shasta on the left.
Mt. Ashland… with snow still covering the ski runs.
This image prints really nicely…
The city of Ashland. It really is right up against the Siskiyou mountains.

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