Gold Lake—Fuji Shelter—Salt Creek Falls Explora
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Start date: 02/18/2019
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Start time: 12:00 AM
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End date: 02/18/2019
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End time: 11:59 PM
Description:
I AM GOING TO CONVERT THIS TO FUJI SHELTER AND BACK. IF WE CAN GET TO FUJI SHELTER, WE MAY TRY TO GO FURTHER UP THE TRAIL OR INTO THE BIRTHDAY LAKES AREA. SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW FELL LAST NIGHT UP ON HIGHWAY 58 AND THAT ALONE WILL MAKE GETTING TO FUJI SHELTER A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK.
I have done all of this but the last mile between Fuji Shelter and Fuji Mt Trail on the Tie Trail)
NOTE: If snow conditions are unfavorable, the hike will be changed or cancelled.
NOTE: If there is only one car, the route may be to the shelter and back or some other change, since we can't do a shuttle.
From Gold Lake Sno-Park, we climb slightly then descend to the shelter, cross Salt Creek, and climb to Waldo Road. We cross the road and climb on Fuji Mtn Trail 1.6 miles and 800' vertical to the Tie Trail. There is some more climbing on the first part of the Tie Trail, but from there to the Shelter is up and down. I’ve gone about 1/3 of the Tie Trail. From the Shelter, we have a long 3.7 mile descent to Salt Creek Falls. Cars will be at both ends. We are descending more than we are climbing, but there is a long climb from Waldo Road, and if we are breaking through deep snow we may have to abort and go back to Gold Lake. It is 5.1 miles from Gold Lake to where I stopped on the Tie Trail and it took me about 2h45m and I had to break trail all the way from Waldo Road. The climb itself was not bad.
Not everybody has to break trail, but effort is always appreciated!!
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Event Leader: Mike Smith
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Event Leader Phone: 520-488-9569
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Event Leader Email: mssq@comcast.net
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Assistant Leader:
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Event category: Trips
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Area Type: Mountain
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Departure Location: Lane Community College, parking lot nearest stoplight
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Rating: Difficult
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Roundtrip total drive miles: 130
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Season: 2019
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Permits Required:
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Event Status: Passed
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Supplies and Equipment Required: Bring plenty of snacks, water, layers, sunglasses, pads to sit on, usual snowshoe accoutrements. We need 3 cars for 6-8 people, 2 for 5 people and we need Sno-Park passes. I have one. Gaia GPS is accurate; Garmin 550t GPS is not accurate.
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participant prerequisites:
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Conditions:
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Total Distance: 10.5
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Member Fees: 1
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Elevation Gain: 1200
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Non-Member Fees: 5
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Committee: Trips
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Junior member fees: —