Eric Thompson went hiking July 17, 2011 14.5 miles 4,000 feet gained

offtrail, horsetail creek trail, oneonta loop

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offtrail kinda near horsetail creek. what an amazing hike!
Eric Peterson had the secret locations of several of the old shelters and campsites.

very cool horsetail creek crossing. iphone lens got all foggy towards the end due to prolific rain... on JULY 17th!

connected to horsetail creek trail and headed back down to oneonta. we then bushwacked, literally, north to the 2nd oneonta bridge, to try and make a trail so we could all avoid the oneonta ford. one would probably need 5 heavy hitters and a few chainsaws to forge a decent trail those ~0.13 miles, only for it to be overgrown in a few months. it's filled with 50 years of blowdown, devils club, and salmonberries. it should be called "the two erics' bypass" :-)

great hike, thanks eric!

tons of frogs on the trail down near the trailhead ponytail falls from above "STEVENS SHELTER" stevens shelter; note old stove pipe. inside there was a stove, bedroll, lantern, some old cans poor old roof. first half of epic horsetail creek crossing. second half horsetail creek crossing. hold on to that top log! another campsite bit further up the trail, with water "trail" scooby doo spinning sign other shelter. sorry for the condensation blur

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Eric Peterson · July 19, 2011

Man, was a blast Eric, thank you for the excellent company!

Worked up my machete skills pretty quick and felt it today as well! I like some bonus work out on a hike. 2 Eric's bypass surgery has a certain ring to it, heh. :)