Dates: November 7-8, 2008
Duration: 2 days, 1 night
Mileage: ~12 miles Group Members: Lena (OA Guide), Nicky (OA Guide), Nick McGuire, Lizzie, Toby, Andy, Ben Pack Weights: Nick (36 lbs) Notes: Judge Davis Trailhead off Hwy 20. This was a guided trip done through Outdoor Adventures on the UC Davis campus. Day 1: (~6 miles) Took the small trailhead on the western side of the parking lot instead of the main trailhead at the center. Followed this trail pretty much straight back for 5 miles until we hit Cache Creek. Trail ascended pretty steeply at first before it levels off for a ways and then descends into the creek valley. Stopped along the creek and ate lunch at one potential campground. Continued northwest for half a mile to another campground along the river. Probably started on the trail sometime before 11 and got to camp in the early afternoon. Set up camp around 2PM and then went for a short hike up to a meadow and some ridgeline before heading back to camp. Started cooking dinner around 4:30PM but then it started raining and we had to retreat from our cooking spot at the edge of the creek to the trees by our tents. Finished cooking and eating in the rain around 6 something, cleaned up and did our bear hang. Hung out and looked at the few stars we could see through the clouds since the rain had stopped. Went to bed a little after 8PM. Day 2: (~6 miles) Woke up at around 7:30 AM and made breakfast down by the creek. Beautiful weather now so we had no problem cooking. Clean up, disassembled camp and were probably on the move a little before 10AM. Headed back the way we came and stopped at a trail junction on the top of the ridgeline. Decided to take the alternate route back towards the Cache Creek Ridge Trail but turned around because we were unsure of private property boundaries given that we saw a no trespassing sign that had been shot and a gate that was open. (Looking at Google earth later this trail did meet up with the other trailhead out of the parking lot). Continued back the way we came the first day…stopped and had lunch around 1PM and were finished before 3PM.