General Crook Trail – Page 2 – Kingsnake's Home Den

In the 1870s, General Crook Trail mileage was scratched in trees and rocks. In the 1970s, Boy Scouts replaced the missing rocks and fallen trees with a 24″ high logs, 4″ diameter, with the mileage etched & painted into the log.

General Crook Trail: V6-V16

2024-04-24 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 3rd segment of General Crook Trail. From the Copper Canyon Trailhead (P2) on FR 136, I skipped eight miles […]

The Dude Fire burned so hot, that 33 years later Moore Creek hasn't recovered.

General Crook Trail: V43-V51

2023-10-11 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 7th segment of General Crook Trail. I originally plotted the seventh segment of the General Crook Trail to run […]

Singed and sooty chevron on ponderosa pine charred by the Wilbur Fire.

General Crook Trail: V27-V33

2023-09-06 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 5th segment of General Crook Trail. I hiked the previous General Crook Trail segment, from Upper Sawlog Tank #1 […]

Big, puffy, clouds started rolling in from the north about 9:30 a.m. I first heard thunder at 10:50 a.m.

General Crook Trail: V39-V43

2023-07-26 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the second part of the 6th segment of General Crook Trail. The overall sixth segment of the General Crook Trail, […]

Bachelor's Button (Centaurea cyanus). Not sure how I figured this out, as it was only 1% likely on Wildflowersearch.org for elevation, color, size, etc. But it exactly matches the closeup on wikipedia. What a find!

General Crook Trail: V33-V39

2023-06-28 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the first part of the 6th segment of General Crook Trail. Even though it is late June, the managed Wilbur Fire is […]

Not very many paintbrush on this hike, but they were the most beautiful paintbrush I've ever seen: Dense, deeply red, clusters. More high country flowers.

General Crook Trail: V16-V27

2023-05-11 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 4th segment of General Crook Trail. I haven’t being doing enough elevation gain on my hikes to tackle the […]

General Crook Trail: V80-V89

2023-04-26 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 11th segment of General Crook Trail. I was going to meet up with a friend at Larson Ridge for […]

Not sure what this critter is. I set macro, put my camera near the ground, and hoped for the best!

General Crook Trail: P12-P2

2022-10-06 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 2nd segment of General Crook Trail. In 1872, General George Crook — or rather his troops — built a road […]

Ash Creek was this segment's highlight. I was hoping my lunch break at Racetrack Wash would be as verdant.

General Crook Trail: P21-P12

2022-09-07 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 1st segment of General Crook Trail. I have ongoing projects day hiking / biking the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, […]