 | Snow across the Limber Pine Trail. |
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Limber Pine Trail
Today we did our first hike in the area. At the summit of Logan Canyon is the Limber Pine Trail. It's a 1.3 mile loop that is described as gaining only 80' of elevation. It seemed like a lot more but the 7800' altitude may have made it seem like more. This hike is along a good, mainly flat surface that today was a little slippery due to the recent rain. We were a bit surprised to see snow across the trail at a couple of places. There wasn't much and it was easy to get around. The Limber Pine in the trail's name is a large limber pine that was originally thought to be the largest living limber pine tree. Scientists have since discovered that this giant is actually 5 separate trees that have grown together and are actually 560 years old. This was a good hike that we'll do again partly because it's a fairly short drive from our campsite.
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Did you guys ever hike in Hawaii? Melissa was telling they apparently have some of the most awesome nature hikes there..on Kauai or Maui....can't remember which.
Yes, we've done hikes on all the islands that we've visited. The more memorable hikes were in the national parks. The Kilauea Iki Trail on Hawaii was a 4 mile hike down into and across the crater floor. Walking on lava is tough but it was an incredible hike! Another memorable hike was on Maui at the top of Haleakala on Maui. We only hiked a mile or two because the elevation was about 10,000' and we weren't used to it. Both hikes seemed like walking on the moon! Very cool :-)
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