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| Cowboy Washington Trail |
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| Shady Hollow Trail |
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| Cabin Road |
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| Shady on Cabin Road |
A Fine Nine beat the heat today on a hike down from Robbers Roost Trailhead to Stepladder Trailhead by way of Shady Hollow and Tin Can Alley. With a slightly earlier start and a faster Saturday group, we squeezed 5 miles into an originally scheduled 3 mile hike. Yep. The temperature was in the mid-80's when we finished at the Stepladder Trailhead. A nice cool breeze helped us along. We started at the Robbers Roost Trailhead and dropped down the hill. Turning to the right and a small right again, we found the road that runs by an old storage cabin that workers used while running telephone wire up to the summer homes near Deer Creek. After a photo at the old cabin, we continued down the hill taking the right option when faced with any forks in the trail.
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| Fine Nine at the Cabin |
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| Cowboy Washington Trail |
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| Cowboy Washington Trail to Stepladder Peak |
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| Shady Hollow Trail |
Our original plan was to continue down Stepladder Trail for a 3 mile hike. But, we were doing so well that we changed the plan to turning left onto Shady Hollow Trail. At the lower intersection, we turned right onto Tin Can Alley and followed it all the way to where Shady Hollow connected again. By this time, it was quite warm. We were prepared and circled around the Stepladder Peak ridge to finish at the Stepladder Trailhead. The car shuttle ensued and we tucked a hot 5 miles into our pocket. Beautiful albeit warm morning.
Stats: 5 miles; +373' gain; -1690' loss; 3.25 hours
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| Tin Can Alley |
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| Tin Can Alley |
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| Shady Hollow Trail |
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