Secret and Bear Sign Canyons Dec 15
Up Secret Canyon to the Miller Trail, then returning down Bear Sign Canyon
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SECRET AND BEAR SIGN CANYONS
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After parking at the Bear Sign trailhead, we walk back on FR 152 to the Secret Canyon trailhead
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At the Secret Canyon trailhead
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Wter remains from last week's rain
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...And even ice
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Pringle's manzanita can have foot-thick trunks
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Farther into Secret Canyon, rarely hiked today because of the access road's poor condition
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The connector trail between the two canyons is named after a young USFS ranger who disappeared while hiking this area
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A ponderosa
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Now to climb the steep connectiung ridge
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Looking back toward West Side
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The highest point is a good lunch spot
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Starting dow into Bear Sign Canyon
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A rare bush
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Bear Sign Canyon. Douglas fir grows here, in this spot sheltered from summer heat.
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Lower down, dense picket-fence forest
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An oak gall
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Rain has brought out the green moss
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And we're back at the Bear Sign entrace
