Re: Hiking down to D&RG r.o.w. from U.S. 50 . . .

hank Wrote:
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> . . . This was a trail I'd wanted to hike for over 20
> years but always either got there in somebody
> else's car or with people (ex-wife for example)
> who put the kibosh on it. Finally got down it in
> 2009.
> Now to nail the other two trails off Hwy 92 down
> to the res farther west . . .


IIRC, there's also a trail from U.S. 50 down to the river west of the dam,* and once you get to the bottom you're on the D&RG(W) r.o.w.  My daughter Cindy and I hiked down there back in August of 2004, but I was a mere whipper-snapper m'self back then and wouldn't want to try it these days.  I vaguely remember posting a photo or two of Jackelopette hiking along the old grade and sitting on a rock by the river, but couldn't find them just now.

- Roosso

* I remember we stopped to check out the D&RGW loco on the bridge (not back yet since restoration, IIRC), but don't remember whether the trail to the river started there or from a different turn-off along U.S. 50.  More likely from the next overlook to the east, come to think of it.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/10/2017 12:25PM by Russo Loco.