Twelve of us started from the entrance on Morgan Territory Rd just past the toxic pools. Sylvia and Ron split off early on as their time was limited. The rest of us followed the utility access road up the slopes which form the south east side of North Peak until it dead ended at a pair of PG&E transmission towers. After a lunch break we retraced our steps as far as the side trail which returns to the valley. A brief detour to the creek and then we went down to the dam. Ulla and Karen went on and found the 2nd dam. We all ended up back at the cars at close to the same time.
It was a short walk, a little over 2.5 miles for most; closer to 3 for Ulla and Karen, but with all the flowers and views we were not back to the pink wall until close to 3. Elevation gain was about 660' in just under a mile from the cars to the lunch spot.
There were lots of flowers on the south facing slope we climbed before lunch; lots of regrowth with only occasional evidence of the intense Morgan Fire of Sept 2013.
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