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Bald Mt. Canyon
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(7.7 miles from G.T.)
Easy 1 ˝, Steep. 1 ˝. O.W.
FS 11E14 Slate Mt. Quad sec. 22 to Tunnel
Hill Quad sec 22.
This old trail connects the Darling Ridge Rd. (12N80) to Bald Mt. Trail
starts as FS road 12N89 for 1 mile then turns to narrow trail through a
wooden gate where OHV is restricted. The trail drops steeply down to
Rock Creek where you must cross and located its extension upstream a
short ways. It climbs up about 1 mile to junction with Sugarloaf Trail
near Sugarloaf Mountain.
This
trail is shown on our earliest maps of 1860. On those maps it’s labeled
as a stock traiand shown going from Georgetown to the Bald Mountain
area. Now it connects the mid-Darling Ridge area to Rock Creek and
Sugarloaf Mountain. Private property blocks the trail route between much
of Darling Ridge and town. The walking trail overlaps an OHV route for
the first mile but once beyond a wooden gate it is off limits to bikes.
This section at this writing, is very overgrown. OHV trail criss-cross
this area and offer hiking alternatives on fairly flat terrain.
Directions:
Take Wentworth Springs Rd. 4.5 miles to go R on Balderson Rd. Go 1 mile
to go R on Darling Ridge Rd. (sign reads “Bear Creek 6”). Now go 2.3 and
watch for F.S. road 12N89 on L with a closed gate. Park there.
The Trail
is now road 12N89 for 1 mile. A pleasant
walk through thinned forest on a partial gravel road, just stay on the
main way and ignore the side roads. The road gets narrower at about a
mile and slowly turns to trail. After about 1 ˝ miles from the gate the
trail starts dropping more steeply until it leaves the OHV route and
slips through a wooded barricade with a restricted access sign. From
here the trail gets steep as it drops down to Rock Creek on overgrown
trail. At Rock Creek you’ll see the smaller Bald Mt. Creek coming into
the much larger Rock Creek. The trail continues up to the Left side of
Bald Mt. Creek and goes about 1 ˝ miles to intercept the Sugarloaf
Trail.
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