That doesn't surprise me too much - there have been a lot of shady people hanging around that area lately. Looks like people living in their cars. S...

I don't know how it became a national recreation trail, but I believe I heard that the trail was built by Rondy (Howard Rondthaler) using fire crews w...

That is so cool, Paul. What a great spot to view the eclipse! And you got a GREAT shot of the total eclipse. Looks like that fire might be the Fr...

Wow Paul That is a really short trip for you! When I was up there a year or two ago, I found an old trail up the ridge to the southeast. It kind ...

It must not have been a big deal. It appears the closure is gone now. Sorry for the false alarm!

Hopefully it isn't too bad. The description changed and the road is not totally closed now: A wildfire has the EB lane closed between Fish Creek...

kirk said We stopped at the ford for lunch and this was our turn around point. It wasn't too difficult to cross the creek on the log: As evidenced ...

Interesting. I've never seen that cabin on 4630, but maybe I was always too busy either driving or looking off to the right. How far past Silvertip ...

I'm curious as to where you found the two competing "stories" for the original ownership? Also, I thought I had heard that PGE sold Austin to a pri...

I looked at the photo of Oak Grove posted from 1935 and I didn't see any lookout in it, but that was just a small part of Oak Grove, so it is possible...

Very interesting info, Doug. I had always heard there was never a structure up there. After having visited that peak, I really have no idea where th...