{"id":5152,"date":"2024-06-08T15:11:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T15:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=5152"},"modified":"2024-07-25T18:19:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T18:19:41","slug":"fret-creek-and-fifteenmile-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2024\/06\/08\/fret-creek-and-fifteenmile-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Fret Creek and Fifteenmile Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, June 8, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Today I set off to hike to Flag Point, but things didn&#8217;t go as planned.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I parked at the Fret Creek Trailhead on Road 2730 and set off up the trail.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784808669_4bdd94c45f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784483111_5f871ca4b3_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53783543057_ca4130cd20_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pretty quickly the trail crosses into the Badger Creek Wilderness:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784809344_1c2bd5406b_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was not a good sign to be seeing Trillium so soon in the hike. Trillium bloom right after the snow melts:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784697818_173b2dc0c5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784697833_1703fd0b26_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784809264_14b5eb1131_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crossing Fret Creek on a footbridge:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784907020_8f15bf50e0_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784482836_b9d763bdff_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More trillium:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784906660_9401f6cc4a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First snow sighting:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784482856_5e510aaee4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking down on the creek from the trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784483501_3ed7a1bf63_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lovely moss:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53783553022_6e990041e8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crossing back over Fret Creek and encountering more snow:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784821564_f791b3df19_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784821549_c248809890_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784711448_c279dd0e6c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This old trail hasn&#8217;t burned and the trees still have blazes on them from way back in the day when trails were marked with tree blazes:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786129905_96bb0fb8d4_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785712936_63f0a79c60_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yet another creek crossing, this time without a bridge:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786031819_b1782d0c59_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then the snow started getting deep:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784769937_5416660e45_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I reached Oval Lake:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785923928_47de3944e5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53784770357_2db7ff9d6f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the lake I reached the junction with the Divide Trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785923293_467f2bf636_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not looking good:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785712191_288fafeda5_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785923308_4f06580d9a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fret Creek Trail\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I decided to make that my turnaround point. Following the Divide Trail up to the top of the ridge seemed like a bad idea with so much snow on the ground, especially since I didn&#8217;t have any traction with me. I tried to go too high too early in the season!<\/p>\n<p>Back at the trailhead it was too early to call it a day, so I decided to explore the Fifteenmile Trail which started at the nearby Fifteenmile Campground:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785505692_99a1d02d82_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785505662_82dcdf983e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786444501_107647f6ae_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785505652_762d76a584_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I quickly reached a junction and stayed straight:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785539207_57671b8d91_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785539097_f24beaff41_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Signs of recent trail maintenance:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786691168_25157ae6bd_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785539027_a4df082132_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786897880_8ba1a2660e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786478581_daba92b72f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786897630_7076df455c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785539862_6a58701d28_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786797399_a3e91550b9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786690418_dd4d7851d8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I reached the junction with the Cedar Creek Trail and briefly detoured down to the creek crossing:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786797204_f802d5a4c8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786797054_521e14aab1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785539822_f816d24ffe_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786478446_e30e6ce849_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back on the Fifteenmile Trail I continued until I reached this pleasant rocky meadow area:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786478401_fb09a79c70_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786796659_7eddcc4b05_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786897170_7519a1cbc6_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was a good turnaround point so I headed back, enjoying the lush forest as I hiked back to the car:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53786484226_70e761f5be_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53785544732_e326c3aa5a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fifteenmile Creek\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" 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