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I got a good early start, leaving the Floe Lake Parking Lot by 0530. The trailhead is
next to the orange marker on the side of the road. If you look closely, you'll see a
white sign to the right. That's the trailhead. As for this particular day, it was
raining pretty hard, so it wasn't exactly an enjoyable approach.
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This is a better shot of the trail. For the first hour, the trail is quite
nice. It's narrow (about 12" wide), but it's an easy grade. I'd recommend it for
mountain biking (for at least the first 5km).
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In just under an hour, you reach a creek draining from the left. Despite the forest fire,
the bridge is still there (or has already been replaced). If you look closely at the center
of the picture, the bridge is right in the middle. It's just a few logs.
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This is looking down stream from the bridge. Lots of damage from the forest fires.
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It took me 1:45 to reach this point. This is the drainage where you should turn off the trail
and head upslope. The grey cliff band that cuts across the middle of the picture is easily hiked
on the right side. My eventually turn around point is right where the cloud covers the gully.
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From about half way up the above gully, this is looking back down.
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From the same spot, this is looking up the gully. I made it up through the black rock and
into the tan rock. After that, I decided to turn around.
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Coming back down the rain was clearing out, which produced some awesome cloud pictures as the
wind picked up and the clouds were getting tossed into the cliffs. Pretty cool.
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The trip back to the car was uneventful. The rain had stopped, and I was starting to dry out. Something
must have come over me, because I ended up taking a couple of flower pictures, like this one.
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