- 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.