2020-09-27, 02:32 PM
(2020-09-26, 07:25 AM)trailhound Wrote: ... but Steve Hall's account of Trellis Canyon makes it seem to be scary remote.Yup. Trellis Canyon is quite remote being about 6-7 miles southwest of Salt Creek across rocky drainage but well worth it. Steve Hall's page on the canyon is what prompted me to go visit and discover my first bighorn ram skull in one of the side canyons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taNeTGegiJo
And again a few years later exploring a major side canyon near the mouth of Trellis Canyon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4QTduWGrxI&t=2s
On both hikes I saw human footprints which was both reassuring (I'm not the only one dumb enough to hike all of the way out here and back.) and disappointing ( I was hoping to be the only person to ever be brave enough to make this trek. LOL)
To me the southern Owls Head Mountains might be the most remote place in the park and maybe even further south with the recent park expansions?
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