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JimK
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JimK
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 Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:05 pm |
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I have to admit that this is a pretty lousy hike. It can have motorcycles and it can be dry and hot. There are only a couple of reasons why anybody would want to hike it. OK, it does have a nice forest walk along a creek. Then it has a good steep climb to the top of Miller. Yeah, there are stunning views of snow capped peaks. The flowers are stupendous right now.
Come to think of it, it does have a great off trail ridge ramble. There are more flowers than you can shake a stick at. It was lonesome on a Saturday in June. I saw 5 other hikers in 7 hours. Of course it is a real loop with not a step of retraced trail. Like I said, who would want to do a lousy hike like this?
At 13 miles and 3900' gained it's almost up to DayHike Mike's standards.
More details and photos here: Miller Peak Loop
 Balsamroot  Bitterroot  Earl Peak
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jimmymac
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Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:20 pm |
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Another TR masterpiece. The careful captioning of your pictures makes each shot a part of the story, not just a related decoration. 
"Profound serenity is the product of unfaltering Trust and heightened vulnerability."
"Profound serenity is the product of unfaltering Trust and heightened vulnerability."
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JimK
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JimK
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Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:39 pm |
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Thanks JimmyMac, much appreciated.
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Newt
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Newt
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Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:27 pm |
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That looks like a nifty hike. Thanks for the report and photos, which are tempting.
Newt
It's pretty safe to say that if we take all of man kinds accumulated knowledge, we still don't know everything. So, I hope you understand why I don't believe you know everything. But then again, maybe you do.
It's pretty safe to say that if we take all of man kinds accumulated knowledge, we still don't know everything. So, I hope you understand why I don't believe you know everything. But then again, maybe you do.
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Dayhike Mike
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Looks like a fun hike... I'm right there with you on the nice views you get on a good ridge walk.  Thanks for the pics and TR!
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
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marta
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Joined: 07 May 2003
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marta
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Sun Jun 20, 2004 8:10 pm |
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We did the loop on Friday. We did it counter clockwise instead hoping to have the sun at our back most of the time. The day was sunny and warm but there was a strong breeze which kept us cool. No bugs.
It took us 8 hours with stops for the wonderful vistas. We really enjoyed the section along the County Line trail. But what was really amazing is we only saw 1 other hiker and 0 motorcycles the whole day.
 Interesting Delphinium on rock slides. Delphinium glareosum? (large flowered larkspur)  Miller approaching from County Line Trail
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JimK
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Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:24 am |
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Nice larkspur Marta. Did you follow the trail or run the ridge to the top of Miller? Some of the best flowers were from the summit of Miller down to the County Line Trail.
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marta
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marta
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Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:45 pm |
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We followed the trail. We will have to try the ridge walk next time. The area where we found the larkspur had a nice collection of rock flowers. We also found an unusual yellow columbine that we had never seen before on the steep section of County Line. We got to do it going down.  The other flower that we wanted to see was Brownie Orchid. We found it last year when we did just the Miller section and found it again although it seemed a bit smaller and somewhat disrupted.
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