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Perry Member
Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 158 | TRs | Pics Location: Mount Vernon |
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Perry
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Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:17 am
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7/5/17 I planned to take my llamas, Julian and Credo, on a multi day trip into the Pasayten from the Billy Goat TH.
We went over Eightmile pass and down to Drake creek. That’s a good trail with about 700 ft of gain going up to the pass, and 800 feet of lose going down to Drake creek. There are a couple small streams on the west side of the pass. About ¾ mile down the west side of the pass there is a nice little camp site next to Jinks creek.
After crossing Drake Creek on a nice bridge, the trail does a couple of small switchbacks to the Drake creek trail junction.
We got about 1/8 mile up Drake creek when we ran into blowdown. I cut through the initial blowdowns, but then walked up the trail a bit and realized there were more & more blowdowns. The downed trees were mostly small pines, 3” – 5”, but many of them were around 3 feet off the ground, requiring cutting to get the llamas through. Rather than try to cut through it all, I decided to turn around, head out, and go on a different hike.
Drake creek trail 502B is much less used than Hidden lakes trail 477 and has a narrower tread.
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Nancyann Member
Joined: 28 Jul 2013 Posts: 2322 | TRs | Pics Location: Sultan Basin |
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Nancyann
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Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:33 am
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Thank you very much for the trail info, Perry! We are headed back there in a couple of days and were considering using that route also. Wildernessed was wondering what kind of shape that trail was in as well. I hope you were able to enjoy your alternate choice!
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FiresideChats Member
Joined: 20 Jan 2014 Posts: 365 | TRs | Pics Location: San Juan Islands |
Good beta, thanks. My kids always love the llama trip reports and are hoping to cross paths some time on our adventures. We'll be up that way too, in a couple of weeks, I hope.
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wildernessed viewbagger
Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 9275 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
Thanks.
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Leafguy Member
Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Posts: 525 | TRs | Pics Location: Wenatchee |
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Leafguy
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Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:26 pm
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Last time Steve and I went through there, a crew of 4 were rebuilding the bridge. They were going to be there the whole summer building it because they couldn't use the dreaded chainsaw thingy. Job security for them. Would have been nice to see some of that time put toward the unmaintained trails in the area.
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Distel32 Member
Joined: 03 Jun 2014 Posts: 961 | TRs | Pics Location: Edmonds, WA |
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Distel32
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Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:22 am
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FS website said basically unmaintained after the initial section.
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HermitThrush Member
Joined: 14 Jan 2016 Posts: 384 | TRs | Pics Location: Brainerd Lakes Area, MN |
Do you carry anything or just lead the llamas?
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Perry Member
Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 158 | TRs | Pics Location: Mount Vernon |
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Perry
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Thu Jul 13, 2017 9:32 pm
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My 'pack' just had camera, GPS, Inreach, etc., 5 pounds, maybe.
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