It was a chilly Saturday morning when I pulled to the parking lot
and started walking. The Eagle View trail is steep the first mile and
doesn't offer much of a view.
It was just a regular trail running up on the mountain slope and all you can see were trees. A lot of them...
Actually not, not just trees. You also can see the moon, huge and still bright. But to see it you need to look up ;)
The sun was shining through the trees and leaves and soon it became
a bit warmer. Not as cold as when I just started. It was a nice change,
by the way. Walking up to the top of the mountains when the temperature
is below freezing point is not as pleasant as when it's above that...
Also the sun was warming up the forest. In the beginning it was a cold, gray-blue forest and now it was a nice brown-orange version of the same trees. Again, nice and very appreciated change!
After a couple of miles the trail exits the forest and for a while
you can walk on the open space and really see around. First you have a
better view at the canyon where you started...
And after another turn you finally can see the eagles' view of the mountain ridges... I really have not enough words to describe it and... also... why should I? Because a few pictures are definitely better than many words, don't you agree? ;)
Actually it was not very easy to leave the top of the mountain and
walk down the trail. But... one cannot stay there forever, no matter how
attractive and magical the views are...
On my way back I found the moon still visible up in the sky, even though it wasn't really early morning anymore ;)
Two and a half hours on the trail and about 5 miles was left
behind. The slopes were a bit steeper than I would expect but not too
bad. In fact the hike was relatively easy (and very pleasant). I guess I
need to come back there one day in July, to escape the toasting heat of
the city and enjoy bird's view at the hazy mountains far away...
Pictures were taken on October 17, 2022.
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