Valerie Norton<p>Day 2 backpacking South Fork was actually spent on Smoky Creek where the Bigfoot Trail climbs away from the river. I hiked up to the trailhead, getting in some views, before returning to the river.<br>Details: <a href="https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2024/09/south-fork-smoky-creek.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">valhikes.blogspot.com/2024/09/</span><span class="invisible">south-fork-smoky-creek.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mountains.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/TrinityCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrinityCounty</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/ShastaTrinityNationalForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShastaTrinityNationalForest</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/BigfootTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigfootTrail</span></a><br><a href="https://mountains.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiking</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/hike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hike</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/outside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outside</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/BigfootTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigfootTrail</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/TrinityNationalForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrinityNationalForest</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/NationalRecreationTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalRecreationTrail</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/NRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRT</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/SouthForkNationalRecreationTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthForkNationalRecreationTrail</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/SouthForkTrinityRiverTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthForkTrinityRiverTrail</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/backpacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backpacking</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forest</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/TrinityRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrinityRiver</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/SouthFork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthFork</span></a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/OptOutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OptOutside</span></a></p>