07-14-2011, 09:08 PM
Oh yeah. It was a wilderness experience and then some. Start at the east end and plan your trip to around Barker Reservoir at the west end and you should come close to the 50 +/-. Usually good trail, but not marked too well, so someone needs to pay close attention or you'll get off track on a side trail and have to back-track, and make sure you get the most current trail map available. We actually hiked a shorter distance to our take-out because we did some day hikes up and back to a couple of higher lakes; these hikes were pretty tough and we found no fish in the two we hiked to (can't remember their names, sorry) so I wouldn't do that again, just a straight (more or less [pirate]) shot from the east start of the trail to Barker.
I think there are still bears in that area so plan accordingly.
We went over the weekend of the 4th of July and the nights were still bitter cold even that far south in the state. This would be a true 50-miler going from point A to point Z. You may or may not catch a lot of fish, but I wouldn't plan on them being a main course during the trip, perhaps just a nice supplement. We did catch a lot of fish in a few places, but I'm glad we didn't count on them feeding us on the trip.
Mosquitoes are fierce!
Good luck, and keep me posted.
Kelly.
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I think there are still bears in that area so plan accordingly.
We went over the weekend of the 4th of July and the nights were still bitter cold even that far south in the state. This would be a true 50-miler going from point A to point Z. You may or may not catch a lot of fish, but I wouldn't plan on them being a main course during the trip, perhaps just a nice supplement. We did catch a lot of fish in a few places, but I'm glad we didn't count on them feeding us on the trip.
Mosquitoes are fierce!
Good luck, and keep me posted.
Kelly.
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