Just to review: a hike is when you take a pack and food; a walk is just a walk.

In addition to the Nature Trail/Wildflower Walk, there is a nice walk to the upper valley to a place we call Soda Springs. It might be 4 miles round trip.

Start here. Cross the bridge (unless you parked on the correct side already, which is the side that goes past the old pack station.)

Walk sort of uphill. Cross Crystal Creek. When you come to a sign that says trail pointing left, go right.

Encounter Trail Guy, wearing a Mineral King tee shirt.  Ask him where you can get a tee shirt of your own. If he follows the advice that he gives me, he’ll pull a business card out of his pocket and hand it to you. If you are really lucky and catch him on a particularly hospitable day, he might invite you back to the cabin and sell you one on the spot.

Wow! Is this Soda Springs? Can I play in it?

Sure. Why don’t you leave a rusty handprint on a boulder?

Be sure to wipe your shoes, boys and girls. That’s BEFORE you go hiking or walking.