Hites Cove Trail Devil's Gulch

It was along the trail that their bodies were discovered.

Hites cove trail devil's gulch. Hite Cove Trail hiking offers spectacular early morning spring wildflower displays. 1900 feet 580 meters Total Elevation Gain. The couples house sits near the head of Hites Cove Trail.

15 along the three-mile long Savage-Lundy Trail in the forest in an area known as Devils Gulch near the community of Hites Cove. The Savage Lundy Trail is a 28-mile long trail and is the most difficult trail in the area near the south fork of the Merced River and the Devils Gulch. The family was last seen on August 15 while hiking in Hites Gulch which is located three miles northwest of Devils Gulch Valley.

100 feet 30 meters Map Notes. Camping is allowed at Hite Cove but campfire permits are required. The Devil Gulch area where the family was found is a depression at the bottom of Hites Cove Road where the south fork of the Merced River runs through the middle.

It starts near the town of Hites Cove also called Hites Cove or Hite Cove. This moderate hike is 72 miles and ends at the remains of the old Hite Mine. John Ellen Miju and Oski had been found discovered dead in the Devils Gulch section of the Hites Cove Trail on August 17.

But by 10 AM the search was over. This was once a mining community after the discovery of gold there in 1861 but it burnt down in 1924. While there are several historic gold mines in the area experts who spoke to The Chronicle on Thursday cast doubt on the idea that any noxious gases from there would be responsible for the familys demise.

Natural Atlas is powered by contributors like you. They were found on the Savage-Lundy hiking trail near Hites Cove which was once a thriving mining community after gold was discovered in 1861. They had left on for a hike on Sunday Aug.