{"id":4153,"date":"2021-12-01T19:52:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=4153"},"modified":"2022-02-16T16:29:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:29:23","slug":"metolius-preserve-larch-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2021\/12\/01\/metolius-preserve-larch-trails\/","title":{"rendered":"Metolius Preserve &#8211; Larch Trails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, November 13, 2021<\/p>\n<p>While staying at Link Creek Campground at Suttle Lake I did a hike in the Metolius Preserve, hiking on the Larch Trails.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I parked at the trailhead off of Road 1216 where there is a nice map and signboard. (Trail map available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deschuteslandtrust.org\/files\/trail-maps\/2021_09_13_mp_trail-map_final_no-yah_routes.pdf\">here<\/a>.) There&#8217;s also a sign indicating that dogs must be on-leash at all times, but this sign is ignored by many visitors, unfortunately. Both times I&#8217;ve been here I&#8217;ve seen off-leash dogs:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51719855658_a1da38d58c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I went clockwise on the loop and soon crossed this footbridge:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51719851578_0f121e51d5_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51720471680_4d57b94e45_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hiking through the ponderosas:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51720256174_791ede93ff_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Big tall ponderosa:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51718795702_8d78c7a783_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the later date, there were still some western larch trees with color on them:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51719593781_7141eec1f6_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51719599701_bb2365df8a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51719856218_e9f1ab47fb_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51719593301_f888e0250b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51718792707_0bcbdd4366_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51719596776_427d1731b3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51720264064_0fab291077_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51720263354_37cc3209bc_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51720478150_30788be2d4_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51719598521_0434ac62be_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51720263764_365068d5e3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many of the trails here are old roads:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51720473500_be739424d2_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ground was carpeted with fallen larch needles:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51719595411_9faa09a293_c.jpg\" alt=\"Metolius Preserve\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a gorgeous fall day and this was a really lovely walk. I saw no one the whole time except for at the very end where I passed a family with an off-leash dog walking past the &#8220;dogs on leash at all times&#8221; sign.<\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 2.8 miles, 100&#8242; elevation gain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, November 13, 2021 While staying at Link Creek Campground at Suttle Lake I did a hike in the Metolius<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2021\/12\/01\/metolius-preserve-larch-trails\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Metolius Preserve &#8211; Larch Trails<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[183,159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4153"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4175,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4153\/revisions\/4175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}