Fall Colors hike, seeking recommendations

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Re: Fall Colors hike, seeking recommendations

by Bubba Suess » Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:27 am

The fall colors are finally hitting their peak up here in Mount Shasta. There is a lot of color in town and further south in the Sacramento River Canyon:
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Right now, there is a lot of color a little higher up too. My family went hiking today in the large meadow behind our house, which is at about 4,000 feet.
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The colors of the oaks is absolutely awesome right now. Contrasted against the green conifers and gold grass, it was a gorgeous display of color.
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Of course, there were a few other things worth looking at:
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Re: Fall Colors hike, seeking recommendations

by Bubba Suess » Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:13 pm

butitsadryheat wrote:Fantastic shots, Bubba. Thanks for sharing. I wish I had that in my back yard


Thanks I really appreciate it. It is nice to have a wilderness at our back door. I am currently working on a route to the top of Mount Eddy that begins on my patio. It is shaping up to be a nifty trip thus far. If you ever head up this way, please feel free to stop and stay awhile. We have a guest cottage and love getting visitors (of which we actually get very few!). I have actually thought about trying to host a Summitpost BBQ or something, but I have never really done anything about it.

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Re: Fall Colors hike, seeking recommendations

by Bubba Suess » Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:04 am

Not knowing specifically which peak you are seeing, my first guess is that it is Pilot Rock:
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It is a nifty climb right off of the PCT in the newly created Soda Mountain Wilderness. If that is not it, let me know and I will suggest some others. Based on what you described though, I suspect this is what you are seeing.

Seriously though, feel free to stop and stay. We like having guests and we have lots of great trails right out our door.
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Farewell to Fall

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Re: Fall Colors hike, seeking recommendations

by Bubba Suess » Wed Jan 02, 2013 5:44 am

This should obviously go up in the Oregon forum, but since Pilot Rock was the subject of some drift in this thread I reckon I might as well put the picture up here. The recent storm left a nice mantle of snow on the higher areas above the Klamath River:
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