Donald Presley said
You said it was a current trail in a new wilderness area. That leaves out the Fanton Trail for it is outside the wilderness boundary. The Old Bissell Trail is considered abandoned. So that only leaves the White Iris Trail and only part of it is in the wilderness boundary. I include a portion of our district map with new wilderness boundaries in green and trails marked in orange that I cleared a couple of years ago.
White Iris Trail?
Don
Very well thought out answer, and you are correct. I believe (but am not positive) that this tree is in the wilderness area. It was a very interesting tree. It appears as though it broke partially (both the top and towards the base), which looks like it killed the tree, and then it became a nurse tree for another tree towards the top. Really interesting....
Your turn to post something!
I have more time to think these days. A robin woke me up this morning singing his song outside my window at 8am. I could get used to this.
A trial photo to post! This photo is of an abandoned trail that isn't in a wilderness area, though this area is pretty much virgin forest. I took the photo because of this rock cairn next to the blazed tree. One of the rocks had pink & black flagging on it, so I am assuming that the USFS archaeologist has been here at one point. I couldn't find any reason for the rock cairn, for there wasn't a trail junction or section line in the area. Upon further investigation, I am thinking this marker maybe a county line marker for this county line does come through this area.
Don
Looks like Skyline country to me.
Don 2
Donovan said
Looks like Skyline country to me.
Don 2
Your right, it does look like Skyline country, that's because it is. Any chance you may know where on the 100's of miles of this trail where that photo was taken? Of course, I am only counting on those sections that fall within the Clackamas district.
Don
If it's where I think, it wasn't stacked quite like that. It was a rectangle and I thought it a child's grave.
Later I thought it may have been a cache, missing it's lid.
Now I simply don't know, but I do think it's at a junction.
Don 2