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Mark
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« on: November 18, 2009, 06:00:24 PM »
Is it possible to hike to the Big Tree and back in one day?
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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2009, 06:03:25 PM »
Yes, well depending on your pace and when you get started.
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« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2009, 06:31:22 PM »
Sure is. We took the long way back and still only hiked 7 miles. You just need to get an early start.
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« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2009, 01:39:37 AM »
Quote from: Mark on November 18, 2009, 06:00:24 PM
Is it possible to hike to the Big Tree and back in one day?
You can be at the Big Tree from the Gum Pond trailhead (on the old Braziel Creek Road) in 1 hour 45 minutes or less.  Now understand, you can't lollygag around and do that but I've done it several times by just steady hiking.  While not the shortest or most scenic path to the Big tree, it is the fastest.
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« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2009, 11:25:07 AM »
You can also park at the Thompson Creek trailhead and take trail 206 south for a bit, then go up White Oak Hollow, then turn right. I can't tell you how to do it rite now. Go to the Banhkhead folder on this site and read about it. That route takes about 2 hours each way and the scenery is excellent.
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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2009, 02:31:01 AM »
My first Sipsey experience - we hiked to the Big Tree and a little further and camped but it looked like rain and didn't want to be flash flooded so, the next day we hikes on out to the river and camped there a couple of days. The problem is that we were stuck with retracing the entire hike the last day and it was like a death march. That rise up and around the Big Tree area was murder.

The trip, on the whole, was well worth the pain, though.
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