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<\/a><\/p>\nThe trail was pretty featureless but pretty through here until it got to a big oak tree on the edge of the meadow right at the junction with the singletrack connector trail over to the Green Valley Fireroad.<\/p>\n
The meadow must be the typical \u201ctour\u201d turn around point from the visitor center as the Cold Stream trail immediately became must more narrow and interesting beyond that point.<\/p>\n I had not been on this section of the Cold Stream trail before and I have to say this was a nice bit of trail.<\/p>\n While stopping to check out this little spot.<\/p>\n I had some locals come through.\u00a0 There was somewhere between two and four of them.\u00a0\u00a0 It was hard to tell with them zipping in and out.<\/p>\n Shortly after this spot I went by several junction.\u00a0 The first was the connector over to the West Mesa parking area and the second was the junction of the Cold Stream Trail and the Cold Springs Trail.\u00a0\u00a0 The Cold Stream trail north of her was marked \u201cNo Bikes\u201d but the route for today was the Cold Springs trail.\u00a0 Pictured above is some the trail goodness along the Cold Springs trail.<\/p>\n The original\u00a0Cold Springs Trail was 1.2 miles, not open to bikes and was\u00a0a pretty heinous hike.\u00a0\u00a0 The new trail is 2.25 miles long and connects with much further up the Stonewall Creek fire road than its predecessor.\u00a0 This is a most excellent replacement\/reroute of the old trail.\u00a0\u00a0 I climbed the last bit of Stonewall Creek fire road and the at the junction with Soapstone Grade fire road I hung a right (east).\u00a0 Just before I would have to drop down the grade into Green Valley I hung a left (north) onto the California Riding and Hiking Trail.<\/p>\n That Oak tree in the middle of the picture on he meadow ridgeline was my destination for the day.<\/p>\n I refer to this group of trees as \u201cThe Napping Oaks\u201d because you take a break here, you may find yourself doing just that.<\/p>\n A wider view of today\u2019s turn around spot.<\/p>\n While kicking back here I heard some thunder and looking over my shoulder I see that some storm clouds had developed or moved in just on the other side of the ridgeline.\u00a0\u00a0 Rain was not on agenda today so I thought it was pretty cool to have a little bit of weather with me on the ride.\u00a0\u00a0 No rain ever materialized but it was not long before got rolling again.\u00a0 I pretty much retraced my path back the way I came all the way to the West Mesa parking lot connector where I crossed the road and picked up the West Side trail and took it south back to the Sweetwater parking lot.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I was a great day to be out enjoying some trails.\u00a0 I spent the rest of the day doing some recon work with the truck for some of the beleaguered \u00a0and neglected\u00a0sections of the CRHT<\/a> out in this area of the county.\u00a0 But that is another story\u2026<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n