![]() ![]() An old trail system map, yellow with age, but still legible, was posted here. The trail climbed 20 feet up to Air Force Vista. ![]() The flume bed suddenly ended at a knob of rock. Scenic, but don’t step off the edge! Photo looks NE. In some places, parts of the old flume bed had collapsed. The trail remained flat, but the hillside it was traversing was much rockier and even steeper than on the other side of the valley, almost a cliff. Now on the NW side of Coon Hollow, Flume Trail No. 676 (R), the trail goes off to the L here. 40 feet downhill, a brown wand and a “50” diamond on an aspen tree showed where the trail continued on the other side. 676 was a much better road than the first one Flume Trail No. We’ve reached the aspens in Coon Hollow! Photo looks SW. Doesn’t get much easier than this, does it? Photo looks SSW. Just before the trail met up with it, the pine forest gave way to a grove of aspens. Soon another road could be seen down in the valley. Still following the 1880 flume route, the trail itself remained almost perfectly level the entire time. Photo looks NW.īefore long, the Flume Trail turned SW traversing fairly steep SE slopes of the Coon Hollow valley. An impressive rocky stretch of the 1880 flume bed. On the edge of the flume bed after crossing the dirt road. After crossing the road, Lupe came to a particularly rocky stretch that was pretty much intact. On the far side of the road, some of the rock work of the old flume bed was on display. 50 led to a dirt road, which apparently also served as a mountain bike trail. Storm Hill’s E ridge, a more impressive sight, came into view only a few minutes later. Mostly just forested hills no higher than where she was now, but it was something. For the first time, Lupe had a distant view only partially blocked by the pines. 50 wound a little farther N, before finally making a decisive turn W. Photo looks W.Īfter going through the cut, Flume Trail No. The cut was a sure sign she had reached part of the original 1880 Spring Creek to Rockerville flume bed that the trail was named after. Before long, Lupe reached a cut where the trail made a sharp turn W. The trail curved N, and wound along it in that general direction. The E end of the ridge was broad and gently sloping. At the E end where the trail starts winding N. Didn’t take too long to get about as far E as the trail was going to go. 50 was going to wind around the entire E end of the ridge before turning W, but the American Dingo was here to enjoy the trail, so she stuck with it. Lupe could have save a bunch of distance by simply continuing N up and over the ridge, which wouldn’t have been hard at all. Instead, halfway up, it turned E and leveled out. The trail didn’t even go to the top of the ridge. Not much of a climb at all! Steep, but short. Already, a rare steep spot along Flume Trail No. Crossing the stream, the trail went N to a steep, rocky slope. ![]() A little stream at the bottom was covered with ice so thick it even supported SPHP. 50 set out heading NW along the side of a pine-forested slope, but soon curved NE down into Rockerville Gulch. Ready when you are! C’mon, let’s go!įlume Trail No. 50 would be easy, and climbing a mountain or two along the way would provide a Dingo’s-eye view of the scenery. And why not? Carolina Dogs aren’t picky about outdoor adventures, as long as there are some. At the Coon Hollow trailhead near Rockerville. You know it! After all, you’ve got your reputation to think of. With a little peakbagging on the side, I suppose? Yes, indeedy, Looper! We’ll finish it up today! ![]() 314 – Hat Mountain with Poppy, HV & LV, plus Nipple Butte, Flag Mountain & Peak 6962 (5-1-23)ħ:14 AM, 42✯, Coon Hollow trailhead off Silver Mountain Road –
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