So does this 4000' elevation abandoned trail that crosses a no name creek that runs into a named fork creek happen to be in a wilderness area?

Don

Don said:

So does this 4000' elevation abandoned trail that crosses a no name creek that runs into a named fork creek happen to be in a wilderness area? Don

My first thought was that this isn't in a wilderness area, but I checked the map and I was wrong. It doesn't seem like a wilderness area because, if I remember correctly, you can see a road less that 100 feet from where this picture was taken. And the road is not in the wilderness area.

A lot of wilderness areas have roads on their boundaries, but some areas that have been added recently have roads and clearcuts included, and some of the roads are even paved! Am I the only one seeing this? Has anyone read the original Wilderness Act that was passed in 1964 that sent us down this road in the first place? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy wilderness areas that are truly wilderness, but some of these new ideas of wilderness bother me.

Don

Yeah, I'm not sure why this road was excluded from the wilderness boundary. It doesn't seem to go to a trailhead, or anything else for that matter.

Ok, here's another clue:  If I remember correctly, the trail in question crosses the road and the stream goes under the road at the same place. So you don't even have to get your feet wet when you cross the stream!  After crossing the road, the trail reenters the wilderness area as it continues down the hill.

If you are where I think you are, there is a TA trail at the end of that road.

D