Paradox
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8/16/2009
Chip, Grant, Zippy and I started from Tripoli Road at 6:50 am and headed up the Mt. Osceola Trail.
We separated at the start of the bushwhack start and Zippy and I headed down the well defined herd path. Along side the herdpath is a rusty steel wire that we would occasionaly trip over. At about 0.15 miles there is a large boulder (ca. 6'x6'x6') on the right closely followed by 5 or 6 blowdowns lying parallel. The main herd path follows the steel wire and continues on another 150-200' before dying in a impregnable sea of tight spruce. Eventually we returned to the blowdowns and noticed that another herd path climbs over the roots of the blowdowns and continues to the right. This correct path to the right regains the spine of the ridge, and continues to the summit of Middle Osceola. There are a few spruce thickets of about 20'-30' that are easily negociated.
There are some limited views of Mt Tecumseh, Mt Osceola and the "Chimney" from the approach to the summit. The register was a soggy mess. I rescued it and brought it home to dry it out and photograph it. I'll be returning to West Osceola in the near future.
I continued on toward West Osceola only a couple of hundred feet before turning around and heading back to find Chip and Grant. I met up with them as they were returning from the summit and together we headed back to the summit of Mt Osceola. They related that they had traveled back and forth from the summit looking for me and worried that I might have found a different bushwhack trail to the top.
After something to drink and Chip took a few more photos we headed back to the car.
GPS track and photos on Wikiloc.
Chip, Grant, Zippy and I started from Tripoli Road at 6:50 am and headed up the Mt. Osceola Trail.
We separated at the start of the bushwhack start and Zippy and I headed down the well defined herd path. Along side the herdpath is a rusty steel wire that we would occasionaly trip over. At about 0.15 miles there is a large boulder (ca. 6'x6'x6') on the right closely followed by 5 or 6 blowdowns lying parallel. The main herd path follows the steel wire and continues on another 150-200' before dying in a impregnable sea of tight spruce. Eventually we returned to the blowdowns and noticed that another herd path climbs over the roots of the blowdowns and continues to the right. This correct path to the right regains the spine of the ridge, and continues to the summit of Middle Osceola. There are a few spruce thickets of about 20'-30' that are easily negociated.
There are some limited views of Mt Tecumseh, Mt Osceola and the "Chimney" from the approach to the summit. The register was a soggy mess. I rescued it and brought it home to dry it out and photograph it. I'll be returning to West Osceola in the near future.
I continued on toward West Osceola only a couple of hundred feet before turning around and heading back to find Chip and Grant. I met up with them as they were returning from the summit and together we headed back to the summit of Mt Osceola. They related that they had traveled back and forth from the summit looking for me and worried that I might have found a different bushwhack trail to the top.
After something to drink and Chip took a few more photos we headed back to the car.
GPS track and photos on Wikiloc.
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