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Eric Willhite Member
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Josh Journey a.k.a Josh Lewis
Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 4836 | TRs | Pics
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Eric Willhite wrote: | Route taken |
I take it the yellow circle is the old look out site position? So does the 6 mile stats not include the true summit? Thanks for the update.
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Nancyann Member
Joined: 28 Jul 2013 Posts: 2319 | TRs | Pics Location: Sultan Basin |
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Nancyann
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Wed Dec 27, 2017 6:46 pm
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Nice video, Eric, and thanks for providing the photo of the old lookout.
Coincidentally, my latest TR in "lazy trip reports" is also for Blue Mountain, accessed from a target shooting area near Olney Pass. If you don't mind a stray bullet or two, you get some amazing views from that end of Blue Mountain.
Blue Mountain views 12/23/17
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Roly Poly Member
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How was the logging truck activity? There are very active up there and not too happy to see hikers when they have big trucks on the road. There is going to be a lot more new logging in the general area within the next few months. The snow does a good job of covering the logging debris for the last mile. We saw your bicycle tracks and that you switched to walking at mile 5 where the snow started.
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Nancyann Member
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Nancyann
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Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:33 am
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RolyPoly wrote:"There is going to be a lot more logging in the general area within the next few months." Yes, there is a huge amount of scalping going on, not much is going to be left of Blue Mountain. The snow covers up the ugly scars in the winter, thankfully.
Did you see the dirt bikers on Saturday, RolyPoly?
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zephyr aka friendly hiker
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 3370 | TRs | Pics Location: West Seattle |
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zephyr
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Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:35 pm
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Very swell video. The music was particularly soothing. That and the framing made it a fun experience. Yes, the car scene was creepy. The dream turned a bit nightmarish. I liked the transitions from bicycling to hiking to snowshoeing. Very nice. ~z
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Roly Poly Member
Joined: 02 Jan 2013 Posts: 713 | TRs | Pics
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Nancyann, we saw the dirt bikers. We must have been there the same day! I have a new destination I'll be posting a lot about. It has a fabulous view down to highway 2 traffic.😊
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Nancyann Member
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Nancyann
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Fri Dec 29, 2017 10:01 am
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We just found out that Weyerhouser recently purchased much of the area north of Kellogg Lake. It will be interesting to see how they go about managing it and hopefully not sell it to a developer.
Also, I forgot to mention that the ski and winter sports traffic on Highway 2 has been utterly horrendous lately, particularly on the weekends. Sunday after 11:30 am the traffic starts to gridlock. Anyone thinking about hiking in the basin would be advised to try a mid-week day when you only have to deal with logging trucks barreling down the road.
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