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| Lee Peak from Lower Bristlecone Overlook |
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| Old Mill Trail / Lower Bristlecone Trail Junction |
Another shortie. With half of the trails in the Spring Mountains closed and needing to keep our outings short due to the heat, we often end up with trying to find new combinations of old hikes in the low elevations of the upper canyons. Today, we started at the Pay Phone Trailhead and headed up the Old Mill Road to the Old Mill Trail to junction with Lower Bristlecone. Since none of us have hiked up past Pine Cone Canyon on Lower Bristlecone this year, we circled around the switchback curve in the road and hiked up to the Lower Bristlecone Overlook. In fact, Mike and I had not ever gone out the little trail to the left at the top of the long climb. Ralyn took Mike all the way out to the overlook then we all started the descent. To change things up, we continued down Lower Bristlecone past the Old Mill junction and found the manhole cover junction to turn left. After dropping down the steep hill on an old road, we hiked through the Old Mill Picnic Area in two different directions. Returning to the cars, the three of us plus two dogs felt decent about our excursion as we racked up almost 5 miles. Woohoo!
Stats: 4.7 miles; 700' gain; 2.25 hours
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| Sitting at the Lower Bristlecone Overlook |
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