Rob Williams
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RE: What trail am I on? Winter 2011

OK, here is a photo of a current trail that is partially in a wilderness area:

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RE: What trail am I on? Winter 2011

I was looking at the '39 map which is where I found Dodge. I didn't see it on other maps. I just took a guess based on the distance from Es...

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RE: What trail am I on? Winter 2011

I found Dodge, but without some other clues, I'm not sure where this trail is. I'm thinking it is somewhere around Hillockburn or the South...

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RE: What trail am I on? Winter 2011

Wow, Don, you are good! After you posted that, I knew you were right. It looked to me like the trail was going uphill (which it obviously isn't...

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RE: What trail am I on? Winter 2011

I'll just take a wild guess and say it is the Rho Ridge trail. That picture doesn't ring any bells with me. At first I thought it might on...

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RE: What trail am I on? Winter 2011

Doug: Is that the beginning of the trail or somewhere on the trail?

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RE: What trail am I on? Winter 2011

You are correct, Doug. It was taken several years ago, but it was somewhere at the end of the Shining Lake Trail where the old lookout was (along Ind...

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RE: What trail am I on? Winter 2011

Donald Presley said: Rob, to me, that looks like Mount Mitchell from the south. So I would say that the photo was taken from Oak Grove Butte. But...

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RE: What trail am I on? Winter 2011

Here is a view from an old lookout site:

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RE: What trail am I on? Winter 2011

Kirk Tolstrup said: Is that Spinning Lake down there? I'm sure it is, for that is most definitely the Ruddy Hill trail. The red cinde...

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RE: What trail am I on? Winter 2011

I'll take a wild guess - The east end of the Red Lake Trail?

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RE: Cripple Creek in the snow

I found a couple more: Old Joy (Bagby): Mean Creek (just says Clackamas River): Twilight (but that was further downstream)

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RE: What trail am I on?

Zack Byerly said: The photo was taken just before Big Slide Lake, I am pretty sure I was on the trail, but in that depth of snow it was difficult to...

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Doug Firman said: Good guess, Kirk. It's the Rho Creek trail, not too far from the remains of the old guard station. So that is why I...

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I was going to guess it was somewhere in the Olallie Lake area - those trails are notorious for being rivers in the spring and fall, but I don't ...

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