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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
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puzzlr
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Sat Jun 30, 2018 9:42 pm
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I found a copy of an oblique sketch map of the Mountain Loop area. Follow these to my flickr site for a hi-res version. They are undated but the Big Four Inn is shown. That burned down in 1949 so I'm using a date of 1940.
Mountain Loop Front Mountain Loop Back
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RodF Member
Joined: 01 Sep 2007 Posts: 2593 | TRs | Pics Location: Sequim WA |
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Sun Jul 01, 2018 2:04 pm
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Very cool! A wealth of trails, shelters, lookouts now gone...
which would be used now, more than ever.
"of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt" - John Muir
"the wild is not the opposite of cultivated. It is the opposite of the captivated” - Vandana Shiva
"of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt" - John Muir
"the wild is not the opposite of cultivated. It is the opposite of the captivated” - Vandana Shiva
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Kim Brown Member
Joined: 13 Jul 2009 Posts: 6899 | TRs | Pics
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Cool, puzzlr. Note the old trail to Green Mountain Lookout; that was abandoned in 1948 when the road was put in for logging (I'll have to double check on the year, but pretty sure it was 1948). And several trail connections aren't there that made up the Cascade Crest Trail; it did exist then, but perhaps some connections were boot paths.
Some of this map looks very much like the hand drawn Nels Bruseth map, unofficially dated 1931. It's online somewhere; I'll see if I can find it. Perhaps George Winters posted it on this site. Bruseth took one of the photos in the brochure. He died in 1957.
Whitechuck trail is on the south side of the river. But I think it was put on the north side relatively late, anyway (1960's?).
But yeah, since you know when the Inn burned down, it was before then anyway, so my post doesn't help pinpoint it closer to your date!
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Kim Brown Member
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Wait. What's the deal with the Downey Creek trail(s)? & look how far Sulphur Cr trail goes. I recall Karen Sykes saying that trail went waaay up Sulphur Creek back in the 20's or so.
Huckleberry Mtn is missing
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
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Kim Brown Member
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Here's the Bruseth map. I wonder if he did work on the USFS brochure.
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert
"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
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Schroder Member
Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 6722 | TRs | Pics Location: on the beach |
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Mon Jul 02, 2018 12:52 pm
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Great find
Quote: | Here's the Bruseth map. I wonder if he did work on the USFS brochure. |
Bruseth is credited on one of the photos, as is Huntoon
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Hulksmash Cleaning up.
Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 7113 | TRs | Pics Location: Arlington |
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Sun Aug 05, 2018 5:17 pm
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Hmm it's missing a couple of trails.
The one that branches off the Boulder River, that follows Boulder Ridge to Whitehorse. Still there festooned with telephone wires and insulators. Wonder when it was abandoned?
Used to be a trail across the ridge from White Chuck to Prairie. Still bits and pieces not erased by logging.
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