- OCR between Little Nellie Falls and Mercer Grove
- OBOFR between Tuolumne Grove and the intersection with the old Tioga Road (which I believe is near the current Carlon Day Use area)
Since both of these stretches are a little far to do as out-and-backs in a day (at least for me), my wife has generously offered to drop me at one end and pick me up at the other (while she goes horseback riding) but I'm not sure how long an estimate I should give her as to when to meet at the other end. I suspect that these two stretches are reasonably clear but I'm not certain. So, a few questions for anybody who's done these stretches fairly recently:
- I know I need to add time for my usually dallying, exploring, picture taking, etc. but should I allow extra time for bushwhacking or should I expect pretty clear sailing?
- Am I correct that the OBOFR comes out at Carlon Day Use (I know there's an old road there and it has the feel of the OBOFR but, without doing a good map overlay, I'm not sure if it's the OBOFR or the OTR)? On some maps, it looks like the old road comes back to the current BOFR at Hodgdon Meadow but, based on the old maps I've looked at, it appears that it continued past that to intersect the OTR somewhere along the current Evergreen Rd.
- This one's really for chick-on: I found the GPS track below in your photos and was curious about the track between where the "Gin Flat loop" (the part of the OBOFR that goes north of the current Tioga Rd for a short stretch). I've hiked that loop but couldn't find what happened to the OBOFR when it got back down to TR (near the BM6313 on the map). Your track looks like you daled about between there and where the OBOFR leaves the Tuolumne Grove parking area (the loop that wraps part way around the words "Crane Flat" on the map below). Did you actually find the old road there or were you just hunting for it?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/13/2015 01:06PM by DavidK42.