DayTrip
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With the high winds in the forecast and the swollen rivers it appears hiking options for Saturday might be pretty limited. Not much of anything in the way of Trip Reports on NETC for the past few days to gauge conditions unless some people post later today. My original hope was to do Adams or Jefferson but that looks out with the winds. I've had Moriah via the Stony Brook route on the radar this Winter but have never done the trail before so I am wondering about the river crossings. Are any of these crossings significant enough that current conditions (which are rapidly receding) will present a problem? I've also noticed that a lot of people reference parking at a cul de sac further up the road. Is this just to shorten the hike or does it bypass trouble crossings? On CalTopo it looks like a dirt road connecting to the trail does skip some crossings.
Any thoughts on the crossings for this route would be appreciated. Back up hikes I was considering are Galehead, Garfield or even Carrigain. I built a pulk I wanted to try out for the road walks/lower elevations but it sounds like the roads don't even have snow on them anymore (and these hikes also have crossings to consider) so these hikes have less attraction. I'll likely do Moriah anyway but if anyone has recent data or thoughts it would be helpful.
Any thoughts on the crossings for this route would be appreciated. Back up hikes I was considering are Galehead, Garfield or even Carrigain. I built a pulk I wanted to try out for the road walks/lower elevations but it sounds like the roads don't even have snow on them anymore (and these hikes also have crossings to consider) so these hikes have less attraction. I'll likely do Moriah anyway but if anyone has recent data or thoughts it would be helpful.