Saturday, June 11, 2011

Robe Valley Trail



Today it is a gray cold day but I really wanted to get out and hike. My husband was looking for a place to trail run so we decided to try Robe Valley. It has always been a fairly easy hike with a big switchback on your way back at the end. There was only one other car when we arrived which turned out to be a big group of kids with dads ( nice job dad's!) We came across them on our way out. I have done this trail many times in the past and usually you can head out to the old railroad tunnels which you can walk under, although there is a warning at this end of the trail due to all the rock slides that have covered the trail. This time however there had been alot of flooding from the river. The trail was missing in some places and there was a very large area of marsh that had overflown on the trail. There was a log in the middle to get across. We went as far as the sign saying the trail is closed and came back. Well at least we got to get out a little today. The river was swollen full. I had never seen it that full and fast. On our way out to the car it started to drizzle. Just in time.



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