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Heads up: the creek crossing on the Eagle Rock loop near Buena Vista has moved about 30 feet since spring
I hiked the Eagle Rock loop outside Buena Vista two weekends ago and the spot where the trail crosses Chalk Creek is not where my map from March shows it. The high water this spring washed out the old bank and now the crossing sits about 30 feet downstream, right where a fallen cottonwood makes a natural choke point. If you follow the old route you end up wading into a chest deep hole with a strong current, which is exactly what happened to a guy I passed who was hiking with his son. There are two small cairns marking the new path but they blend in with the rocks. Has anyone else been through there recently and seen better markings, or should I just call the forest service office?
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robin_campbell3621d ago
That fallen cottonwood is the real story here. When a tree drops across a creek like that it pins logs and rocks and the whole channel shifts the next time water comes up, so the crossing point can move again after the next big melt. Cairns that blend into the rocks could also get wiped out by the same high water that moved the trail in the first place. The forest service office should know about that chest deep hole, someone is going to get hurt there.
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