This 3x previously postponed trip finally happened. We had a good forecast for this bushwhack from the north. Its all private property from the Elk Creek side but a local had gotten us a pass to hike and the trip was built around a look for 1st growth forest.
Began the hike through a pair of beautiful meadows which continued as a woods road. Climbing higher, we came to a couple of forks in the road and took them. The route became a ATV track over old logging roads. Hitting the ridgeline we were aiming at, we followed it to the top and canister. After a lunch break, headed back the way we came until reaching the old hunting trailer in the middle of a fernfield we'd seen on the way up. Took another woods road all the way down until emerging in another huge meadow, scooted a small creek and back near our cars.
The weather was perfect, the flies a non issue, and lots of good conversation, including one involving our hiking pianist and the local hiker who is a brass musician. That of course led to an inquiry as to whether he had an active sax life.
Began the hike through a pair of beautiful meadows which continued as a woods road. Climbing higher, we came to a couple of forks in the road and took them. The route became a ATV track over old logging roads. Hitting the ridgeline we were aiming at, we followed it to the top and canister. After a lunch break, headed back the way we came until reaching the old hunting trailer in the middle of a fernfield we'd seen on the way up. Took another woods road all the way down until emerging in another huge meadow, scooted a small creek and back near our cars.
The weather was perfect, the flies a non issue, and lots of good conversation, including one involving our hiking pianist and the local hiker who is a brass musician. That of course led to an inquiry as to whether he had an active sax life.
