Woodswalker went hiking October 23, 2016 8.2 miles 1,750 feet gained

Larch mountain towards Bell Creek

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I have finally accepted that fact that winter is here and I need to shift towards misty day hikes. I wanted to go somewhere quiet so we parked at Larch Mountain parking lot and walked a ways down the hill to the top of the Oneonta trail with the goal of wandering down to Bell Creek. Perfect day, we saw one other person, tons of mushrooms and hundreds of springs and creeks feeding Oneonta and Bell, a bog and lots of big trees.Around the Bell Creek crossing, for quite a ways there was no trail, just a creek. The downside? All uphill on the way back. Sure felt like more than the 1500 that it looks like on the map. Beautiful day!

Trail Talk

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Karl · October 31, 2016

That is a nice shortcut to Bell Creek! But yeah, climbing back out isn't always the most fun. :-)

Woodswalker · October 31, 2016

So true! I still want to come up the other way from the gorge. But alas, high water season is already here.

Karl · November 1, 2016

That lollipop's a real favorite. Probably still pretty doable. I saw the slide on Oneonta was still passable yesterday.

Woodswalker · November 1, 2016

Hmmmm