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| Kay & Ralyn on Wooden Pole Powerline Road |
For an exploratory hike on a coolish day, three of us parked at the Lower Showgirl Trailhead, dropped down the hill and hiked under the Kyle Canyon Road bridge. We followed the Showgirl Trail winding up through the desert hills for ~1.5 miles. Here, we turned right onto Forest Road 577, aka Wooden Pole Powerline Road. This is a very steep rocky road that climbs up a ridge and ends at Angel Peak. After turning left at a junction, we climbed and climbed as the steep ridge undulated. At around 3 miles, we junctioned with a spur road of 577. Seeing that our expectations were realized and the road was almost too steep to hike down, we continued out the original road for another quarter mile where a much gentler ridge headed down to the right. Bushwhacking, we found our way through a lot of brush and some clear spots and ended up at the bottom of the hill in the canyon where another forest road ran through. This canyon road was very pleasant to descend. Picking up a lot of campsite type trash along the way, we continued down this road until we reached Kyle Canyon Road just east of the cars at the trailhead. It was a great workout with a very nice breeze to ward off the sun. Fall is coming!
Stats: 6 miles; 1600' gain; 3.5 hours
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