Ran pine valley mtn. Started at the whipple trailhead with Rich & Mary Bruin and their dog moki. They ran with me to whipple valley and then I did the next 15 miles solo over pine valley mtn to new harmony. Much of the trail was covered in snow, leaves, trees, and heavy brush. I got very lucky at all the trail changes and guessing what was trail. Whipple TH to whipple valley was 6 miles. Mills Flat was another 5 miles. The summit trail disappears in this valley and only the water cyn trail is visable back to pine valley. I found the trail by chance and continued on until I hit the turn off to Anderson valley. The valley was another 3 miles. It got tricky here because the sign was in the wrong place. I could tell that going right took me to Brouse. Left took me to new harmony. After this point the trail became steep and rocky. The last 6 miles tore me up. Beautiful mtn and vistas. There was water from whipple valley all the way to anderson valley. Half down the mtn to new harmony was 2 horse troughs that was feed by a spring. There seems to be plenty of water sources. This is definitely a do again run.
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