Hike of the Week: Big Pine Creek
N. Fork Big Pine Creek (10/10/15) Jackson Frishman
Avid hiker, photographer and color spotter A. Jackson Frishman must have been breathless both from his hike, but also from the beautiful peaking aspen he found along the North Fork of Big Pine Creek this past weekend. His report causes us to declare this the Hike of the Week.
N. Fork Big Pine Creek (10/10/15) Jackson Frishman
The North Fork hike is not for the feint hearted. Modern Hiker describes it as a difficult trek that gains 3,000′ in 9.2 miles. Whew!
However, there’s a fall color bonus the higher you go.
Frishman writes, “There’s good color to be found for folks willing to walk a ways up the trail. Below Second Falls (9,000′) the color is Patchy, but it’s peaking from Cienega Mirth (above 9,000′) and up, with very few bare trees.”
Peak GO NOW! (75-100%) – Big Pine Creek