Tag: Mission Creek
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Day 18 | Mile 235.5 – 250
(via the Ridgewalk Bypass) Shortly after my campsite, the trail returns to the Mission Creek drainage, and is blocked by 25’+ rocky waterfalls. The PCTA is encouraging hikers to skip this entire section (from miles 209.5-250), but a few hikers are choosing to scale these waterfalls. Hikers coming from the north last year discovered they…
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Day 17 | Mile 218.5 – 235.5
(+0.7 miles from Whitewater Preserve) What a day! A day filled with rocks, sand, rocks, water, water, and water, and not much else, including a trail to follow. This entire area was ravaged by a hurricane last summer, and the trail essentially is the Mission Creek basin now. For nine miles, I created my own…