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- 23 October 1996 hike
- 23 July 1996 hike
23 October 1996 not written up yet
Participants: Craig Cheetham and Tom Chester
Date: 23 July 1996 (Written up 28 July 1996)Pretty hot even at 5 pm today. Temperature was around 90 and humidity was high. We felt it on the way up.
The major excitement for this trail today is that about halfway up, a large rattlesnake fell out of a bush just above us on the trail, and fell down the slope to within 3 feet of me! There was a lot of rattling before the snake went on its way.
My average is about one rattlesnake per 50 Angeles Mountain hikes, and it has been around that since the last one.
Explanation of columns for all trip logs
# Mileage Time arrived Time left Altitude Comments 0 0.00 5:00 1600 Top of Lake Avenue. 1 2.45 6:11 3000 Junction with old railway bed between Sunset Ridge and Echo Mountain. 2 2.45 6:12 3000 Junction Sam Merrill, Castle Canyon Trail onward to Inspiration Point. 3 2.55 6:16 3050 Echo Mountain 4 2.65 6:42 2950 Leaving after snacking 5 2.75 6:44 3000 =1 6 5.05 7:47 1750 Beginning of trail out of canyon. Sign: "Echo Mountain 2 miles" 7 5.30 7:54 1700 car
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