Cold Creek Trail

Update: photos from a rainy day hike:

Under normal circumstances a pleasant little walk down a heavily wooded canyon ending in a loop around Cold Creek Nature Preserve. But this time it was raining, so I put on head-to-toe rain gear (the gaiters I made in high school still work) and had a little adventure.

Distance

~2 miles (full hike would have been 3 miles)

Estimated/Actual Time

1.5 hours / 1 hour

Depart/Return

4:50pm / 5:50pm

Elevation Gain

300 feet

Location

1 mile up Stunt road off Mulholland HWY, down into the canyon on the right.

Misadventure

It rained most of the day, including the duration of this hike. The trail crosses what is normally a little trickle of a stream 3 times, and then 3 times again on the way back. With all the rain the stream and even the minor tributaries, were raging little rivers. Sometimes I could cross on rocks large enough that they were not completely submerged. Other times I lept across. And at the final crossing (after which I decided to turn back since I wasn't necessarily going to make it back after the sun went down) I scooted accross a slippery wet log on my butt. All in all a fun little adventure. Exciting learning where and where not to use the hiking poles to assist in fording rappidly moving water.