Bullseye Rock and Mad Women Spring (UPDATED WITH LINK)

[halhiker]

Florian and I went out and hiked up to these areas today and had a great time. It was a rugged hike with a lot of cross country travel. My legs are sufficiently cut up to make me an honorable member of the Ellen Leg Laceration Club.

There's a new roof on the cabin at Mad Women Spring and no one had signed the logbook in two years. It seems a lot of people get there by helicopter. There were several entries of people choppering in.

There is a great Indian shelter on the way. I took some pictures there and one under an overhang covered with pitch from fires looks like it has ghosts in it. It's the only picture like that. All the others before and after are perfectly clear. It's pretty weird.

I'll post some pictures later and I'm sure Florian will, too.

Great hike. Want to go back and stay a couple days. I ain't afraid of no ghosts.

Update: Trip report and pictures here:

http://hikeeveryday.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... pring.html

[Florian]

Posted short video from the cabin on youtube here .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA5l6eGnFaY

I should have some pics on flickr in a day or two. Really enjoyed today's hike and was great to meet Hal too!

-Florian

[bluerail]

sounds like a great day, the thought of ghost always makes me want to go spend a couple of days. are you serious about the choppering in ? who would be doing that ?

[Florian]

are you serious about the choppering in ? who would be doing that ?

I'll include log book entries when i post some pics in a day or so.

-Florian

[bluerail]

someone camped out beside your bucket Florian...they even had a campfire ! 5 fire pits i've counted this winter up there and only one seems to be from a rescue.

[Florian]

someone camped out beside your bucket Florian...they even had a campfire

Did they at least leave some water in the cache?

-Florian

[halhiker]

are you serious about the choppering in ? who would be doing that ?

I'll include log book entries when i post some pics in a day or so.

-Florian

One of the first entries in the log was my visit in 1992.

[Andy]

I'm curious what the approach would be like from the Jo Pond trail / Cedar spring? Have any of you done this? I'm thinking it would be pretty steep.

[Florian]

I'm curious what the approach would be like from the Jo Pond trail / Cedar spring?

Reading log book entries at the cabin it seems many people hike over from Indian Spring off of the West Fork trail.

-Florian

[Florian]

I have some photos from our hike here .. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fboyd/sets ... 94/detail/

Google Earth kml file showing our route .. http://www.stargazing.com/blog/mad_woma ... 011110.kml

Video as posted above .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA5l6eGnFaY

-Florian