November 2016 Some kind soul has placed many red metal trail markers on key trees along the route up to the hanging canyon. Older plastic markers still remain, but the newer ones are more frequent and greatly assist in staying with the trail.
Hiked on a July Monday morning. Had the trail to myself - didn’t see another soul all day. Started at 6am and it took me about 5.5 hours round trip, not counting breaks. My GPS track showed just a hair over 5 miles from the parking lot to summit. The big thing I’d do differently is bring bug spray and a head net. Once you hit the wildflower zone about 8500-9000 feet, the bugs come out. At the upper two meadows right before you turn off trail to climb to the summit, the mosquitoes were horrific. Like Alaska tundra bad. Don’t cut straight through the meadows - skirt left (north) on the high ground where the bugs aren’t quite so bad. The meadows are dry, but there are stream crossings about 1/3 and 2/3 of the way up.
Moogie737 - Nov 23, 2016 11:32 pm - Hasn't voted
Helpful trail markingsNovember 2016 Some kind soul has placed many red metal trail markers on key trees along the route up to the hanging canyon. Older plastic markers still remain, but the newer ones are more frequent and greatly assist in staying with the trail.
AGMonks - Jul 11, 2022 6:15 pm - Hasn't voted
Great TrailHiked on a July Monday morning. Had the trail to myself - didn’t see another soul all day. Started at 6am and it took me about 5.5 hours round trip, not counting breaks. My GPS track showed just a hair over 5 miles from the parking lot to summit. The big thing I’d do differently is bring bug spray and a head net. Once you hit the wildflower zone about 8500-9000 feet, the bugs come out. At the upper two meadows right before you turn off trail to climb to the summit, the mosquitoes were horrific. Like Alaska tundra bad. Don’t cut straight through the meadows - skirt left (north) on the high ground where the bugs aren’t quite so bad. The meadows are dry, but there are stream crossings about 1/3 and 2/3 of the way up.