Is this a current trail or an abandoned trail?

That looks kind of like the clearing on the White Iris trail, but I don't think the view is correct. (but I've been wrong before).

I believe I found that on the 1955 Clackamas County Metzger map. It is the "overview" map. They didn't seem to have the detailed township map for th...

You got it. I actually found the info for that trail here several years ago. Doug was the one who posted the thread. You can read it here - the l...

kirk said Not me! I was poring over the maps looking for something over in Big Bottom near Rho Creek. OK, I won't spill the beans yet, then. But...

OK, I guess it wasn't as hard as I thought. I don't know who gets the prize. I'll let you guys flip for it.

Doug Firman said It does show up on some maps from the 50s and 60s, both FS and USGS. After your comment, I decided to go look, and I think I see ...

kirk said Was this apparent camp site ever named on any of the older maps? I'm not sure, but I don't believe so. It looks like it was a rather "lon...

OK, how about the trail near Mt Lowe - Rho Ridge just south of Mt Lowe? It looks familiar....

I went to the Bing maps and looked around a bit - although the images are a bit better than the google ones, they still have long shadows and so there...

I'm thinking that looks like the Baty Butte trail.

I think I saw you driving home from this adventure.....Looks like it was a great day. I need to get back to the MP3 trail again. I haven't hiked it ...