The John Hair Trail 

 by 



Roy Bootk* 



1916 ITuir Trail Crew has completed another season's 

 successful work 1 tho Kiddle Perk of Kings River Canyw., 

 whore a section of the John ttuir Crail is boing *uilt Toy 

 Stutc funds under tho dircotlon of the Jorost Sorvioe. Ban- 

 ger J.li.Euhee was in charge t a wxw tff thirteen men includ- 

 in the e/ook, working fre July 1 ttf September 30. Dearly 

 half of this time, hewcrer, was spent in doing seme hoafy re- 

 pair wrk on the old Tchipite Trail , e-ons trusting ab*t four 

 ailcs of trail between tho old fcrd and tho Simps in ilradpvr, 

 and putting up a c,blc bridge, aerees the Middle P^>rk Jmst 

 bolvr tho noadow. The balance of tho tine was spent In con- 

 tinuing tho new trail frttn a point one nile belcw Palisade 

 Creek where work was left off last season to within about 

 two niles of Hulr Pass , a distance of approximately twn nilce 



Kext season th Sierra (Hub oxpeots to rlslt the-l^.ddl 

 Pork Canyon, going In orer this trail fr* the terirlnus of the 

 San Joaquin and Eastern, by Blaney Eot Springs, Hmir Pass and 

 Orouae lleadow and canting oirt Tiy Tohipite and Mnk*y. 



Tlie scenic attractions to be found along the rcmto of tlw 

 Ifuir Trail are probably not equalled on any other high ncuntaln 

 trip of the sane length in the state - or perhaps, for that 

 matter, in the United States. Starting as it does at the 

 beautiful Yosealte Talley and ending at Bount \."hltney, the 

 highpst pilnt In the United 3tates , practtloally* the entire 

 route la through errantry of unsurpas8 c <l scenic beauty. It is 

 hard for the nlnd of a forest Ranger, aoonaatomed as we hare 

 been tc aisall appropriations and scheming and skimping to 

 streteh the out tc their utmost Capacity, to grasp Buoh a 

 "big Job as this and Justify the expenditure of BC much *c:-jey 

 as will ultimately be required to eoapletf the Job as planned 

 by the State Engineering Department. 



Conaiderable publicity has already ' been giren this 

 trail, and much ncre will b necessary in order to Interest 

 enough people in the high mountain country to warrant the ex- 

 penditure of the lar^e sums necessary to construct and to 

 maintain in good passa^Ls rendition a trail through this Icng 

 stretch of exceptionally rough ountry. A ondltlcm that will 

 tend to hold down to a small figure the number of people using 

 bhe trail each season is the ntamber of stock - b^th saddle and 

 pack, - needed for a satisfactory trip through country cf this 

 character. Trcm two weeks to two month* should be taken for it, 



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