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Last Camp: Hammerhorn Mountain

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Mendocino National Forest DAY 1  |  WORK DAYS 2-3  |  DAY 4  |  WORK DAYS 5-6  |  DAY 7 Yellow line for day 7. Click for interactive map The last day and we were heading back to Green Springs, then drive on out. It was hot. We figured we'd be wishing for that cold that we had on Monday. I don't think we were quite there, though. We were relishing shade once the day got into afternoon. Leaving Last Camp. Some gear left (far left) is for the mules to pick up and some for the next group to use. Over the ridge to the next valley south, Hammerhorn Mountain at the right. Further around to see Solomon Peak from the other side, or at least the ridge to it. Hammerhorn Mountain up ahead. There's a dip between it and the nearby ridge. I looked at the north side of Hammerhorn Mountain and wasn't sure where there might be a trail although we were told there had been one. It just looked like one would get to wandering in some rough st...
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Last Camp: Working Minnie Lake Trail and Solomon Peak Cutoff

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Mendocino National Forest DAY 1  |  WORK DAYS 2-3  |  DAY 4  |  WORK DAYS 5-6  |  DAY 7 Green lines for days 5 and 6. Click for interactive map I might have overdone it on the Two Peak Extravaganza on the nominal rest day. I still found myself up a bit earlier than the rest and decided to see if I could capture some of the area birds and a few flowers in the meadow. Distant Mount Shasta feels much closer in the sunrise. The sun hits the Pacific bleeding heart a few yards from my tent. The robins were keeping the little ones safe and finding food. The western bluebirds were popping in and out of their nest high up.
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location: 84GV2392+HW
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Last Camp: Sugarloaf Mountain, Minnie Lake, and Solomon Peak

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Mendocino National Forest DAY 1  |  WORK DAYS 2-3  |  DAY 4  |  WORK DAYS 5-6  |  DAY 7 Orange line for day 4. Click for interactive map Wednesday is a free day, and while one chose to simply rest, there evolved two excursions among the small group. The more relaxed characters who still wanted to do something planned to head over to a small swimming hole tucked away above camp just out of sight of our trail in, then off to Solomon Peak for the views and memories. Unfortunately the swimming hole was dry this year, but the peak hadn't lost its views. I dreamed up the "Double Peak Extravaganza". First we would continue along the Summit Trail to where the Bigfoot Trail joins it coming out of Ides Cove. I mean, here we were on a BFTA trip and we weren't even expecting to touch the Bigfoot Trail? So we would tag it. Then we would continue a short way further on Summit Trail to where someone has marked (on OpenStreetMap) the "Sugarloaf Tra...
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location: 84GV2392+58
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Last Camp: Working Summit Trail

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Mendocino National Forest DAY 1  |  WORK DAYS 2-3  |  DAY 4  |  WORK DAYS 5-6  |  DAY 7 Blue lines for day 2 and 3. Click for interactive map The camera saga continued as I found the battery dead in the morning. I used to take this camera out on week long trips without an extra battery because it barely used any. Just charge it at the start and it'll still be going for a second week of hiking. I didn't even turn the camera off during the day. It did manage to charge up from the battery pack in the early morning and through breakfast. The battery pack could get more power from the small solar set up that the group brought. Monday When we left, rain was in the forecast for Monday, at least a little at middling chance in the afternoon, and it was already looking a bit dreary in the morning as we clustered in for breakfast. (That's a wide collection of yogurt, bread, oatmeal, granola, jam, nuts, and more toppings/additions that pop ou...
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location: 84GV2392+3J
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