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Salt Creek Loop

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Trail stats

Distance
8.83 mi
Elevation gain
1,240 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
1,240 ft
Max elevation
1,624 ft
TrailRank 
33
Min elevation
542 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
3 hours 25 minutes
Time
4 hours 47 minutes
Coordinates
2513
Uploaded
February 28, 2021
Recorded
December 2020
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near Cool, California (United States)

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Itinerary description

I was totally blown-away by the huge scars left by the preliminary digging of the dam that was halted back in 1975. As you leave Olmstead Loop Trail and enter onto the Salt Creek Loop trail, you’ll notice you’re walking in a huge scraped-away swath of land which were gonna be the dam footings. Luckily, the earth has been healing itself and life is popping up amongst the humongous piles of boulders, rocks and denuded land.

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Waypoints

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,526 ft
Photo ofStart on the Knickerbocker Creek Trail

Start on the Knickerbocker Creek Trail

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,309 ft
Photo ofSalt Creek Pond with very low water

Salt Creek Pond with very low water

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,240 ft
Photo ofSalt Creek (also dry)

Salt Creek (also dry)

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,299 ft
Photo ofTake the Salt Creek Loop trail and start the big descent

Take the Salt Creek Loop trail and start the big descent

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,217 ft
Photo ofThe beach below you is Rocky Island Bar where you’ll find a picnic table for a break

The beach below you is Rocky Island Bar where you’ll find a picnic table for a break

PictographPhoto Altitude 594 ft
Photo ofRocky Island Bar = 1) red picnic table, 2 & 3) mountainsides scraped & shaped, 4) electric power station across the river Photo ofRocky Island Bar = 1) red picnic table, 2 & 3) mountainsides scraped & shaped, 4) electric power station across the river Photo ofRocky Island Bar = 1) red picnic table, 2 & 3) mountainsides scraped & shaped, 4) electric power station across the river

Rocky Island Bar = 1) red picnic table, 2 & 3) mountainsides scraped & shaped, 4) electric power station across the river

PictographPhoto Altitude 1,414 ft
Photo ofBack on the Olmstead Loop

Back on the Olmstead Loop

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