Bridge over Badger Creek
Return to Badger Creek
Icicles and Waterfalls
Springs must have been feeding the small waterfalls that were prevalent in this section. - Springs must have been feeding the small waterfalls that were prevalent in this section.
Hiking through our last major viewpoint.
Intersection with Trail 467 (Post Camp Trail)
Plant ID: Manzanita (Arctostaphylos sp.)
Thanks to Colin for the ID. - Thanks to Colin for the ID. Found growing along a semi-rocky ridge as a ground cover. Ponderosa pines were the dominant tree of the area.
Lunchtime View
Flat ground of the desert visible beyond the mountains. - Flat ground of the desert visible beyond the mountains.
Ridgeline View
Facing more or less southeast. - Facing more or less southeast.
Ferns and Pines
Transition zones are interesting like this. - Transition zones are interesting like this. This may have been our only difficult section along this trail. Took about 5 minutes to find the trail.
Casey Among Pines
This trail turned out to be quite swell. - This trail turned out to be quite swell.
Faint Trail
Amazing how different a trail looks in the reverse direction. - Amazing how different a trail looks in the reverse direction.
Stray Sign
Umm, yeah. I don't have a trailer on my backpack. - Umm, yeah. I don't have a trailer on my backpack. This was down the trail a bit after leaving the road.
Discouraging Trailhead
This was our new trail (465) of choice. - This was our new trail (465) of choice. The bullet-hole riddled sign and the trees across the barely-visible trail didn't exactly provide us with the best of encouragement. However, the trail was remarkable tree-free and we only had difficulty in finding the trail once.
View of Lookout Mountain
Our original destination before the trees changed our plan on day 1. - Our original destination before the trees changed our plan on day 1. We would have been camping somewhere on the left ridge sloping down from the peak.
Alternate Route
The road to Badger Lake was tree-free. I'm normally opposed to hiking on roads, but I'm also not a masochist. - The road (140) to Badger Lake was tree-free. I'm normally opposed to hiking on roads, but I'm also not a masochist. Notice the density of downed trees beside the road. That's essentially what we hiked through the previous evening.