First Creek Crossing — Whites Creek Trail, Irish Wilderness. on the spur trail that goes to the Whites Creek Trail loop. I made my first creek crossing before getting to the trail proper. Two-minute read, +2
Whites Creek Trail
Whites Creek Trail completed – now just to hike the short spur trail back to the parking lot.
May 2, 2021 14:52
The final crossing of Whites Creek.
May 2, 2021 13:03
Hello li’l buddy – It’s probably as fast on the trail as I am.
May 2, 2021 11:14
Looking back along Whites Creek Trail – This is fairly typical of the trail conditions I encountered. Note the recently cut deadfalls. At this point, it started to rain, and it carried on raining for the next four hours.
May 2, 2021 11:13
Looking into Whites Creek Cave – No I didn’t go in. I took this picture through the grill using my headlamp at full brightness to light up the cave. There’s nothing to give the picture any feeling of scale. Let’s just say, “Pretty big.”
May 2, 2021 10:54
Whites Creek Cave. +1
May 2, 2021 10:46
Looking back down the trail – the trail turns up the hill here (you can just about make it out in this picture). Most people (including me) appear to miss this. The trail marker is not particularly helpful either.
May 2, 2021 10:43
Heading up towards Whites Creek Cave – the trail is narrow and the drop-off steep. It appears that most people miss where the trail turns left up the hill to the cave.
May 2, 2021 10:37
Back on the Whites Creek Trail – Whites Creek Float Camp spur trail (branching right in the foreground). Time to head back to the trailhead, seven and-a-half miles of hiking and lots of rain in my future.
May 2, 2021 10:27
‘eek Float Camp – signs that there has not been a lot of trail maintenance for a while.
May 2, 2021 10:26
Change of Plan (And an unloved wilderness registration point) – My original plan for today was to hike part of the southern loop of the Whites Creek Trail and stop for the night near one of the big pools that form on Whites Creek. Instead I’m heading home. One-minute read
May 2, 2021 10:20
Caves on Whites Creek.
May 1, 2021 13:41
Eleven Point (Wild and Scenic) River – This is pretty much the only overlook in the entire 20-mile Whites Creek Trail. The trail here is very narrow and rough with a 100+ft. drop-off on one side. 2
May 1, 2021 11:32
This is not the trail you are looking for… You would think (and I and apparently, many, many others have), that the trail goes straight on here. Not so. Look carefully and there’s the trail, two feet in front of the sign on the left going up the hill. +1
May 1, 2021 11:24
Campsite by the Eleven Point River. I followed the trail, that I thought was the Whites Creek Trail to this campsite. I took a couple of pictures and then went back to Bliss Spring to work out where I went wrong.
May 1, 2021 11:15
Old homestead chimney
May 1, 2021 11:14
On the trail to Bliss Spring – I’m not sure when I made up my mind to hike the eight miles to Bliss Spring, but I kept moving on. For some reason, I didn’t take any pictures of White’s Creek when I crossed it. I should have, it was wide and fairly deep. There was a big pool too. +6
April 30, 2021 15:59
Gary, ready to get moving again – On the Whites Creek Trail, Irish Wilderness. When it comes to backpacking fashion, I lead where others dare not follow 🙂
April 30, 2021 14:31
Lunch Break on Whites Creek Trail – Well, it was more of a snack than lunch. I didn’t want to spend time heating some food, so I made do with a tuna sachet.
April 30, 2021 14:27
Whites Creek Trail (North Loop).
April 30, 2021 13:21
Spur Trail from Camp Five Pond to Whites Creek Trail, and the junction with the trail. 3