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Four One Fifteen

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 9:51 pm
by Sean
Today Cecelia and I went in search of Four One Fifteen, also known as EW7153, an NGS control station designated "CLEAR", measured to a height of 4115 feet above sea level, and located near Lake Hughes, CA.

After a couple hours of driving, we found ourselves in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, more specifically San Francisquito Canyon. I parked along the roadside near the Green Valley ranger station, and we started westbound up the Pacific Crest Trail toward Grass Mountain.

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Throughout the day we saw many beautiful flowers and wildlife.

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We followed the trail around the lushier north side of Grass Mountain.

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Then we arrived at a junction with a water tank.

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After a short break on the tank, which was labeled "Munz Cyn," the trail took us to another junction.

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Here we left the trail and hopped on the Lake Hughes Truck Road heading northward.

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Now, up to this point, I had not informed Cecelia of our ultimate destination. So when I told her that we were going up that small, partially burnt hill behind her in the above picture, she didn't look too pleased.

But that all changed when I pointed out the witness post and the survey marker at the top.

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I then handed her a copy of the NGS station description and watched her try to locate the other reference marks.

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She found a second one half-buried in the ground.

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Perhaps nobody had even noticed it for over forty years. So we cleaned it up a bit.

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Unfortunately we could not find any other station disks up there. Nevertheless, it was an April First well spent.

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And we got to visit Grass Mountain as well.

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Re: Four One Fifteen

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:32 am
by tekewin
Look at you guys going clear. Fun.