{"id":425,"date":"2025-06-11T14:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/?p=425"},"modified":"2025-09-16T23:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T05:33:10","slug":"carson-national-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/2025\/06\/11\/carson-national-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson National Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>June 12, 2025<br \/>&#8216;Red line&#8217; mile marker 707.5 to 727.8<br \/>Hiked today: 20.3 miles \/ 32.7 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main feature of this morning&#8217;s trail was mud. Despite the path being mostly flat or downhill, we made slow progress, and both felt very fatigued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104956386617051954313802-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104956386617051954313802-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104956386617051954313802-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104956386617051954313802-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104956386617051954313802-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104956386617051954313802.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104965040531495796647624-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104965040531495796647624-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104965040531495796647624-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104965040531495796647624-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104965040531495796647624-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104965040531495796647624.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to recent rains and the snow melt, the trail was often wet with tacky mud and occasionally passed through marshy bog. In one such spot, I put my foot into mud covering shoe and the full height of my sock. We were due for a break, so I took the opportunity to rinse off my socks in a stream. They were now a little less muddy and by mid afternoon were nearly dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000010497425024641573908719-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000010497425024641573908719-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000010497425024641573908719-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000010497425024641573908719-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000010497425024641573908719-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/1000010497425024641573908719.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Upper Canjilon Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104993561385390752395794-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104993561385390752395794-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104993561385390752395794-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104993561385390752395794-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104993561385390752395794-1536x994.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000104993561385390752395794.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Water filtering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, after lunch, we felt the first drops of rain. Although it wasn&#8217;t heavy, it continued through the afternoon and evening. So, no dry feet after all. We are in our tent and listening to the rain and hoping everything inside stays dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000105003913585545433517320-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000105003913585545433517320-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000105003913585545433517320-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000105003913585545433517320-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000105003913585545433517320-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loudonweb.com\/cdt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/10000105003913585545433517320.jpg 1516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 12, 2025&#8216;Red line&#8217; mile marker 707.5 to 727.8Hiked today: 20.3 miles \/ 32.7 km The main feature of this morning&#8217;s trail was mud. 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