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Take Highway 126 to Fillmore. Turn north on A Street/Goodenough Road and drive 14.1 miles to Dough Flat. This is a narrow, rough road that is traveled by large oil trucks. Be very cautious as you continue on to the end of the road at the Dough Flat trailhead. From here, you enter the Sespe Wilderness. Hike 2.5 miles north to the first trail junction. The trail to the right is the Bucksnort Trail, which ends at Ant Camp at the junction with Trail #24. Go left toward Alder Creek. Cow Spring is the first camp along the way. Lack of shade can make this a hot camp during the summer and sometimes there is no water at the spring. The next trail junction is 2.7 miles further. If you stay to the left, the trail will go down Alder Creek to Alder Creek Camp after .6 miles. If there is no water there, continue to hike downstream 0.8 miles until the trail leaves the drainage bottom. Turn left and follow the stream for 350 yards to Shady Camp, which normally has year-round water. Trail # 9 begins at the turnoff to Shady, where the main trail leaves Alder Creek.
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