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<br />Appendix G <br />HANGING. !..Ai<! TiU1L. GUICE <br /> <br />_raparedf <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Sa Sl.lI'l! to use ttle re...r:cr.'l anc iill YCl.T <br />water il.,;;at tl1e rest area; ~ere are nQ faci1i- <br />ties a!on; the frail. <br /> <br />Flease leave yor.;: r;et and lis..,ing r;ole be- <br />Mind: Us:'ling is net allowed at the lake. and <br />cogs are net allowed anywhere alcng the <br />trail. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Please sign in at the traiiheac, and ba sure to <br />ir:c.'l.lce your c:::r-.met'ltS. <br /> <br />Yet.;r donatior:s are ;reatl~ ~;::rec:atec: this <br />trail is maintained almoST ex::!:.:siveiy ::y t.-'e <br />;aner:sity of ':lese wno use it. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, This is a very l1eavily used traii; ever SO.OOO <br />;:ec~te Mike ~o ~an;inc Lake ar.~l.:ai!y. <br />.Please be cCur"..ao:.;s to .en:'ers..aJC~~.:.:~I. <br />car::: hel~ to p~ec: thIS 'll'asne co.. ,'-_, .eT <br />c:."ler visit::::rs. <br /> <br />. You will :e hiking at 'fc'.: e~ risk. F!ease <br />stay C~ ~:-:e t'"aij anc ;= at a cae! c:::r."ifc~act9 <br />fer yc~r j:hysieal ai:iiity. Kes? :..o..;i~creM in <br />sf;ht and ~n ~e traiI't as ti1er! ara ma~y c:jrrs <br />and slippery reeks. <br /> <br />;enerallnfcrmaticn <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The trail is 1..2 miles long, and takes atc:.;t 1 <br />heur to reach the tep. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />The elevation gain is abC:l..1 1 020 feet from <br />tM hi~Mway te t.....e lake. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />713ilheed ta the First Brir:!ge <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The geelogie 2cne is Pr.c:aml:rian - mostly <br />s;reenstone, schist, anc feldspar. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />At t."le swit:hcaek belcw the first bridge is a <br />small natural bnd;e - water ffows thrcu;h <br />tttis at high water. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Frcm the first bridge you can see a division <br />fine on the headwall of the east canyon wall <br />where the Prec:aml:rian %One and secimenta- <br />ry reck fermed in layers. <br /> <br />· SanCstone is in big blecl<y-sMaped layers. <br />Limestene oc:::.:rs a/:love this in thinner layers <br />and smailer blocks, and is lignter in cclor. <br /> <br />Second adage <br /> <br />· 200 feet above the seecnc bric;e is a fossilif- <br />erous zone (U;rn colored, soft reck). Please <br />co not break up or carry eff me leaves. twigs, <br />shells. etc. that ear: I:e seen in t"le recl< <br /> <br />· Al:out 400 feet aCove the second bridge Is <br />wnere the Cead Hel'Se trail branches off the <br />Hangln;; Lake trail to the right. and heads up <br />'tC t."le Flat Teps plateau...seven mires up tQ <br />1he C:ffee Pot read. This is apcrc:cimately <br />where the Pr~brian Z::ne and Sedimen- <br />tary Zenes ceme te;ether. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The large tree next to the first r::flff. about 300 <br />yards up from brid~e #2 en the fri. is about <br />250 years old. The water ceming from the <br />tJP1=er base cf the cliff is from an under- <br />grcundstream red !::y Hangir:; Lake. <br /> <br />birr1 Bridge <br /> <br />200 fe~ below the :"'ird brid;e was an old <br />snelter that was Quilt :::'1 the Civilian Censer. <br />vat:cn Corps in 1538. The sneiter was <br />burned in:he sprin;:f 1970 01' i':t.:man care- <br />lessness. <br /> <br />28 <br />