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The following recommendation for winter use provided by Rubicon TrailFoundation with support from El Dorado County

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communications and leave a plan with a friend on the outside whenyou travel in dangerous conditions.

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This picture shows why winter and even early spring can have Iittle tono use on the trail. This is the Wentworth intersection and is several

miles from plow Iine. Barts Creek is just out of sight in thebackground.