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It was flowing at a rate of one liter per two minutes.
Then I noticed that across the gully there was an old roadbed. Hey, I thought, that must be something. So I hopped over some logs and followed it. After a pleasant journey around the head of Flume Canyon, the road climbed up to the Blue Ridge and PCT Trail, amongst dead tree field west of Guffy.
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During the walk back to the Acorn Trailhead I bumped into several thru-hikers. They had already done 300 miles and looked real beat up, except for one young dude who was rather sprightly.
After seeing these monsters, I decided that my little trip to Guffy was unworthy of such a beautiful day. So I continued eastward to Wright Mountain and logged my visit in yet another one of Mars Bonfire's register books.
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Still unsatisfied, I went all in and tried something that might get me in trouble: a descent of Heath Canyon, which helps drain Wright Mountain on the northern side.
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First I followed the NE ridge to Point 8027.
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Then I backtracked a bit and dropped off the ridge, into a flat area, before finding a steep, muddy, loose side gully to follow.
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For the next few minutes I debated with myself whether to continue, not knowing whether I would get stopped and have to retreat back up to the ridgeline. Ultimately, I convinced myself that it would probably be okay, and so I dropped in.
I'm pretty sure it's impossible to stay upright in this small tributary. I had to carefully slide down on my butt several times. Even so, I nearly went head over heels once and banged up my side a bit. Some trickling water led into the main course, which flowed nicely down a series of lovely cascades.
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Unfortunately I left my Panasonic Lumix camera at home, and my crappy dumbphone pictures don't do this area justice.
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After much fun bouldering and downclimbing the canyon next to a baby stream, I looked for a way to cross over a ridge or two and reacquire the Acorn Trail.
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Thankfully the way was fairly obvious and I located the proper network of trails and got back without much difficulty.
Approximate route: http://caltopo.com/map?id=2Q1R