I had wanted to do this hike for a long time, maybe get to the falls. Once Igot there, oarked and crossed the cute suspension bridge, I realized this was one of the places that had burned, at least partially, this summer. There is a strong smell of burnt wood plus a ton of ash material. The sights are pretty heart breaking, plus there was a 45-50 mph wind, so progress was slow. My eyes got so filles with ash I turned back. There was a tad of color by the creek, but lots of fallen burnt trees on the trail.
This place will need a few years of healing...
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Very sad indeed. There is an Aspen Grove about a half mile up the trail. Hopefully that survived. Aspen trees are not very fire hardy. They do however fortunately have an amazing ability to come back quickly in large numbers from suckers growing up from the intact root system.
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Maddy on Oct 14, 2020 10:03 PM