Sagebrush personal hiking blog
MRT 2021 Day 19, April 23, Friday
• Start S6 mile 37.3, 4th ford of Black River
• End S6 mile 58.8, on Bear Wallow Trail
• Miles walked: 21.5
Continuing along Black River, the trail became much easier to follow, and places to ford were easy to see. Later, I pass a group of 5 campers, and they say the trail becomes fainter and harder to follow up ahead, which I find to be true, but still not too bad.
MRT 2021 Day 18, April 22, Thursday
• Start S6 mile 14.0 W Fork Black River
• End S6 mile 37.3, 4th ford of Black River
• Miles walked: 23
Continuing along the West Fork of the Black River in early morning, I see a side pool has iced over.
A fish barrier, a dam with overflow, was constructed here to protect the Apache Trout, a native species. Other trout that might hybridize with or prey on the this fish cannot jump the barrier.
MRT 2021 Day 17, April 21, Wednesday
• Start S5 54.0 of 58.6 along Railroad Grade Trail
• End S6 mile 14.0 along W fork Black River
• Miles walked: 4.6 + 2.2 Greer access + 2 2 + 14.0 = 23.0
My goal today is to resupply in Greer quickly, so I can hike out and get past the next high elevation adventure and down lower, for a warmer night.
Greer seems to be a cute little community of vacation homes and rental cabins. I get into town before the PO opens, so I go next door to the library and use wifi. My box at the PO is my last on the MRT. I am skipping the traditional resupply village of Blue, taking the Blue bypass option, but I need to carry more food.
I treat myself to a big breakfast.
