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Mad R. ford, 2700 ft., above Ruth, Trinity Co., Calif.
May 24, 1933
Left camp at 9:00 A.M. for tramp up
To Horse Ridge with Behle. Hard
going during the climbs. Set several
traps curvate. At junction of
trails from Cedar Camp and Summit
(HorseRidge) we encountered White
Fir & snow patches - also saw had
fleeting glimpse of Grouse and
Pileated Woodpecker, elevation 4800
ft. Yellow Pine & Douglas Fir
still present tho Garry Oak absent.
Black Oak still present. From
Point of vantage one may look
East & South to see the large
snow covered Mt. Van Horn & thence
Westward over lower timbered ridges
to slightly and covered Mule Ridge
in N.W.
Spring at 5200 ft., skunk cabbage,
Irish gopher workings, Yellow Pine,
Douglas Fir, Black Oak. Several Hemlock
feet up chugunjin ladder appear and
almost make up the entire Vegetation
above 5400 ft. Rhuis, Simcos.
Through 600 ft. ? altitude ? 1 mile
? distance to Summit ? Horse Ridge.