I didn't know exactly where to put this. It's not a trail run or gathering, so hopefully it fits here.
School me because I'm a newbie when it comes to anything on the dreaded 80 side. 😂 I was up there with the wife on Saturday hiking around the area in an attempt to find the first crossing for the dog to play in. The signage around the area is nice, but hard to understand and from the bullet holes barely legible.
We took the eagle lakes exit, parked in the staging area, found the bathroom and began hiking. Just out of the staging area is what I have heard is the hard way to signal peak. Questions: Is it harder than the other way? Hard compared to Fordyce? Where does it go after the peak? Maps show it heads into Fordyce, does it cross a stream? Is the stream as hard as Fordyce crossings?
Then we began hiking in on the what we thought was the Fordyce trail. We came across another fork/staging area. Sign said Pierce OHV straight. So we figured Fordyce is to the left. We began to forge on. Then we came across a YJ heading out and asked us if this was the Fordyce trail? Then we began second guessing the way we had gone. We turned around and headed back to the fork and headed right on now what was the Fordyce trail. Questions: Where does the Pierce OHV trail go? Is it mild or wild wheeling? Anything worth checking out down there? Is it more camping/staging for the Fordyce trail?
We hiked on the Fordyce trail for approximately 40 Minutes. We made it to what I think is driveline hill. Some camping spots at the bottom and a pretty gnarly hill climb with a go around on the left. At the top of the hill there is a little trail that heads to the left. Questions: Where does that trail go? Is that to Eagle Lakes? If so how far is it to the lakes? Can you drive all the way to the lakes?
We continued on the main trail for a little while before my wife was done and we turned around. Not sure how much father we went, Maybe 15 Minutes of hiking past Driveline Hill. Questions: How far were we from the first crossing? A map I found online shows that Driveline Hill is about a 1/4 mile from the first crossing.
Anyway, thanks for all the info. Again I am a total newbie to this trail. Looks like a lot of fun. I know we barely made it far on the trail, but it looks like a fun area to go and clown around/take some newer folks wheeling.
