WOW!!!!! This hike had all the makings of a made for TV movie. We had action, adventure, drama and even a reunion scene that would have made a grown man cry. You name it and it was there.
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The hike started out innocently enough; we met at the Mill Creek Ranger Station at 5:30 a.m so we could get an early start to the trailhead for Fish Creek. We left the ranger station at 5:42 a.m and after a brief stop at the restrooms at the South Fork Trailhead on Jenks Lake Rd we arrived at the Fish Creek trailhead at 7:00 a.m.
The drawback to getting an early start is the restrooms at the ranger station aren’t open and there aren’t any restrooms at the trailhead, something to keep in mind if anyone who reads this needs it for future reference.
To get to the trailhead you take highway 38 from the ranger station approximately 24 miles to the turnoff for Heart Bar Campground which is on road 1N02. Once you get past the campground it requires a 7 mile drive on dirt road 1N05 to get to the trailhead. There were quite a few cars in the parking area when we got there so apparently a lot of other folks had the same idea. It was a beautiful day and not a cloud in the sky. The sun was shining brightly and it was a cool 60 degrees. We hit the trail at 7:15 a.m. The elevation at the trailhead is 8061’.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 22:33