Title: May 7, 2019 - Henness Ridge Road
Hike Info : Description : Extra Photo's : Flowers and Plants
Hike Info:
Type:
Hiking
Trail:
Henness Ridge Road
Destination:
No set destination
Distance:
5.05
miles
Start
Time: 2:05
End
Time: 4:54
Travel
Time: 2:48 (1.80
mph)
Moving
Time: 2:16 (2.23
mph)
Elevation
Rise: 1,752' 1
Descent: 1,567‘
Maximum
Elevation: 5,824'
1GPS once again not recording
right. This time, the tracks seems to be good, but the elevation was
not recorded. Using Google Earth information for elevation. The
elevation gain/loss does not seem to be correct.
Description: |
| Start of our walk |
I spent the morning on the
phone, dealing with an identity theft issue. So we left Fresno around
11:00. Sherri is driving and she goes all the way to Wawona.
After a brief personal necessity break, I drive to Yosemite
West,
arriving at 1:00pm, just in time for a lunch break. Here we will go
on a route I have not been on before: Henness
Ridge Road.
This is a different route, same ridge, as the lookout, but we will be
well below the top.
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| Henness Ridge Road |
We start walking around 1:30.
While the Yosemite West write up talks about a hiking trail, in
reality it is a Forest Service Road. On this Tuesday, not many cars.
We see two cars parked on this road and two drive by us-not a busy
road. Private property line the road for a lot of the way, with a few
"cabins" on some of the lots.
There are two points of
fascination on this route. The second is the result of the first. All
of our route is within the footprint of the Ferguson
Fire.
Blackened trees are the rule with a living one an exception. Even
amongst the starkness of the black, a reminder of the huge
destructiveness of this fire, there is a sense of life. not all is
lost. The top of a tree being green, the springing of blossoms
from a
manzanita gives reminders that there is more here than death. |
| View from road |
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| Tamarack and Cascade Creeks |
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| Green and Burnt |
The fire also leads to the
second thing. As we peer through these black remains, we see across
the way. the cataracts of Tamarack
and
Cascade
Creeks. The spray which creates a cloud when they reach the Merced.
Then there is Foresta
across from us, which has been repeatedly ravaged by fires still
shows greeness. All of these sights would not be seen when the forest
has a full covering of needles.
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| Tamarack and Cascade Creeks |
I was hoping to make it to a
point about four miles in, but that will needs to be saved for
another day. At 3:10, we turn around and start back. I will admit
that it seems like more of the same. But now we are seeing things
from a different angle. Also the day is a bit darker. So there is a
different light. Also the way back is almost all uphill. Not a bad
climb, but it is going up.
We get back to the car about
5:00pm. This is something which we can do again and maybe get a bit
farther. It is interesting seeing parts of the world we have not gone
to yet. We are off and get to Oakhurst and decide that we are ready
for Italian food. So DiCicco’s
it is. Service is a lot better than when Rachel and I came in a
couple of years ago.
Extra Photo's
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| Cascade Creek |
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| Unnamed Creek |
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| Spray from Cascade Creek as it reached the Merced River |
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| Tamarack and Cascade Creeks |
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| Azaleas |
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| Bend in the road |
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| Burnt Manzanita |
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| Remnants of the Ferguson Fire |
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| Charred wood |
Flowers and Plants
Dogwood
Manzanita
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