Thanks Don for the info on your trail discovery. I'll go check it out one of these days. Have you recovered other segments of the trail in that area...

Well, that helps. Is it the trail on the south side of Oak Grove Butte?

Don, can you think of some clever hints to help this along? Seems like if the only guys who have been on this trail in the last 50 years aren't eligi...

Well then, how about the Serene Lake Trail in the Roaring River wilderness?

Could that be the trail up to Whetstone Mountain?

Rob, I have a gps track for Dickey Creek trail from the old trailhead at the lower end up to the top of Big Slide Mtn, with a side trip to Big Slid...

The trail definitely takes you to the ford. The continuation of the trail on the east bank is visible across the creek. I have seen no evidence of a...

Rob, There are some photos of the 2010 fire damage on my flickr page. The last 20 or so photos in that set are of the Elk Lake Creek trail. T...

I think Rob is right about the ford. You probably didn't go quite far enough. I have hiked the Elk Lake Creek trail several times since the fires. ...

Rob, you're riight. It's the Round Lake trail. The view in the photo is toward the northwest, looking toward the Bull of the Woods wilderness whose ...

Kirk, Interesting guess, but that's not it. Like the Elk Lake Creek trail, this trail leads to a lake. But neither the lake nor the trail is in a...

Rob, Yes, there is a lake involved, but you won't see evidence of it in this photo. It's not Skookum Lake. And although it's not in a wilderness ...

kirk said It looks like it's a little smokey in the photo. How about Rho Ridge? Yes, there was some smoke around, but not too much. Photo was t...

kirk said It kinda reminds me of Burnt Granite. That's too far north.