hiked  First Brigade Trail  and did 13.0Km and 788m    Date: Oct 10, 2009 Share it on Facebook Embed it in webpage Reads:1472

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This (Fall) is the time to do this hike. Notorious for ticks in the Summer, and with the Fall foliage, best to stick to alpine areas and reserve this for when the snow levels encroach. Whether I was out of shape or the stats were off, for some reason it seems higher and steeper than I expected. In fact, I was questioning the popularity of this trail until we hit the forest fire remnants. This was what makes this hike unique - the open area in the midst of the former burndown and foliage that is sprouting up as a result. To our surprise, where this trail meets the 1858 trail (to Gate mountain), there was an outhouse and picnic table! What else was really unique about this hike is that it is a loop of sorts allowing you to walk 1 ridge on the way out, and a different ridge on the way back (the lower half is common though) Views themselves on this trail are unique, but mediocre. We hit no snow, but there was evidence it was coming, What we did see alot of was blowdown near the higher elevations, but it was easily stepped over and looks as if some recent cleanup efforts had been made. This was a Wanderung organized trip followed by "I Fly for Pie"

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