This week the mild weather permitted another trip to trail 404 on the CC Divide. This is a very long trail, perhaps 50 miles in total, maybe more, and I’ve only covered a dozen or so, about three on this trip, which will likely be the last of this year because heavy snow and ice will soon block the road.
Forest Service road 7583 intersects the trail as it crosses the CC Divide. (The road is golden because it is covered with the fallen needles of the Larch trees along its sides.)
Here’s a little preview of USFS trail 404 between Patrick’s Knob on the east end and Penrose Peak about 10 miles to the west.
(Note the old blaze marks on the tree at the extreme right of the photo.)
Upon the arrival of early summer, I plan to take trail 404 to the junction of trail 398 and follow it for another visit to PENROSE PEAK, which is visible in the distance in this photo. Until then, this high country will rest peacefully beneath a deep and warm blanket of snow.
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