mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 29, 2014 - 08:41pm PT
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Forestville in Sonoma County is nick-named THE POISON OAK CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
I always considered the honor should go to Mariposa County, Hite Cove in particular.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 23:29
Nice trail down to the river, some wildflowers and a nice view, but after that ... there is major downfall from this Spring's storms. You will have to detour, crawl, climb over large trees and bush whack the rest of the trail. Oh, and did I mention you will be going thru an old growth poison oak forest. Poison oak everywhere, even overhead, I'm still scratching. Of course the good for nothing but collecting fees USFS doesn't mention any of this on their current trail conditions page.
--Yosemite Explorer.com
On the south side of the river, at the campsite at the bottom of the Jerseydale FWD road on up to Peachtree Bar, it's mostly solid P.O., but there was a good trail through it back in the nineties. Since the flooding on the Merced River(s) of that decade, though, things have probably changed, but PO is invasive and persistent.
I HATE THE STUFF!!!!!!!
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