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I created this route based on one posted by LarryBoy. He was absolutely right, it is a great route and once you leave the Big Sandy Lake area, there are very few people. This was labor day weekend and Big Sandy TH was packed with +50 cars. We had to park half a mile from the TH in a field. Surprisingly, there were few mosquitoes or biting flies. Only used bug spray a few times. Nights were in the 40's with day time temps in the 80's, with lots of smoke!
We did the loop in 5 days and never hiked longer than 6 hours. We could have made it a 4 day loop, but I brought my fishing rod and wanted time to fish. Unfortunately I only caught a few fish along the way, nothing was biting. I would consider it a moderate route. All off trail navigation is straight forward.
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We did the loop in 5 days and never hiked longer than 6 hours. We could have made it a 4 day loop, but I brought my fishing rod and wanted time to fish. Unfortunately I only caught a few fish along the way, nothing was biting. I would consider it a moderate route. All off trail navigation is straight forward.
Click here to view on CalTopo
![P1010028_tn.jpg P1010028_tn.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/57/57709-7459dd2a9a31d58427c5a022bc799825.jpg)
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