dryfj.com / drycyclist.com (kevin cook)

17/20
05388-bear-mountain-peak-trail-800px.jpg A small California buckeye tree along Bear Spring Road (aesculus californica).ThumbnailsTime for a pipe and coffee back at the campsite to end the slow and relaxing day.A small California buckeye tree along Bear Spring Road (aesculus californica).ThumbnailsTime for a pipe and coffee back at the campsite to end the slow and relaxing day.A small California buckeye tree along Bear Spring Road (aesculus californica).ThumbnailsTime for a pipe and coffee back at the campsite to end the slow and relaxing day.A small California buckeye tree along Bear Spring Road (aesculus californica).ThumbnailsTime for a pipe and coffee back at the campsite to end the slow and relaxing day.A small California buckeye tree along Bear Spring Road (aesculus californica).ThumbnailsTime for a pipe and coffee back at the campsite to end the slow and relaxing day.

This trailhead begins just north of the outhouse at the north end of Mississippi Lake.

I considered exploring this trail today, but, in the haze of my fatigue, and the 90-degree weather to which I'm still acclimating, I decided that I'd feel fulfilled just walking to Bear Spring to get some better water.

Maybe next year?

The trail marker indicates that we are 12.1 miles from Coe Headquarters.