Great hike with great views. It's pretty open most of the way, so you may want to save this for a cooler day. We were expecting this to be a mostly flat hike the entire way...we were happy to find some challenging areas. Bring lots of water, no water source. We stopped a talked to an older couple that used the shorter route and they said the rangers were thinking of closing the road up. That would make us sad. We chose the longer route as we like the work out. Please visit our blog for full review with great pictures.

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