| I hiked in from the Roads End trailhead on the South Side of Strawberry Mountain and dropped down into Indian Creek as my map shown it as the most direct route. I found the Indian Creek Trail was in a deep state of disrepair, and had a difficult time tracking it if not for the fact I could see my destination looming ahead of me. The hike in was largely downhill except for the last mile climbing up the mountain. Of course that meant the return trip was mostly uphill and in the heat of the afternoon. I decided to try hiking the Pine Creek Trail through Wildcat Basin on the trip back which was far more scenic, but took a lot longer than the more direct route.
As seen in my images, Wildcat Basin was beautiful. This was my first time down into this seldom visited valley high in the Strawberries and I wasnt disappointed. Should anyone else read this before heading out to ICB, I strongly urge you to detour into Wildcat Basin to check out the scenery. |
