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OK. I'm back in.

 

Waterworks trail/road?

 

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How about the old South Fork Mtn trail along our western boundary?

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Bob might be onto something thinking Reservation, trails lost in a court decision.

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Robert Koscik said
Somewhere in Olallie Country?  Olallie Butte?

 

We have a winner! 

The McQuinn - Handley survey controversy took 101 years to resolve, and in 1972 all parties agreed that the McQuinn line was correct and the Warm Springs Reservation was expanded by 61,360 acres. The Indians had been right all along.

At Olallie Butte the trail to the top shifted from 100% Forest Service Ownership (I'm approximating here) to about 1/3. The Warms Springs Tribe agreed in the settlement to allow free access by hikers to Olallie Butte, but not to all other areas shifted to their ownership. The trail has been deteriorating since 1972 - there are sections filling in with basalt ball bearings and with the beetle kill, trees are beginning to fall across the trail. The view from the top is easily one of the best in the Cascades, with dozens of lakes and the rimrock above the Deschutes visible. At 7215' Olallie Butte is the highest spot between Hood and Jeff.

Read about the boundary shift here: http://pelton.warmsprings.com/.docs/pg/10208

And really guys that mossy shelf is very obvious as you hike up the Olallie Trail.

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"The Indians had been right all along."

 

I believe that will always be subject to debate.

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