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p.mont4no Member
Joined: 04 Aug 2019 Posts: 2 | TRs | Pics
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I want to hike a trail and pick berries!
Any advice on some good trails, that are good for a new hiker
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FiresideChats Member
Joined: 20 Jan 2014 Posts: 361 | TRs | Pics Location: San Juan Islands |
Bear Lake off the Mountain Loop seems to always have huckleberry bushes laden in August, with plenty for everyone. Good luck!
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p.mont4no Member
Joined: 04 Aug 2019 Posts: 2 | TRs | Pics
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thanks
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7676 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
I found some nice patches near Boardman lake off the same road as Bear lake. You cross a log at the lakes outlet and take a short hike to where the trail peters out, maybe a 1/4 mile.
Near Snoqualmie pass on the way to the Kendall Katwalk on the southern slopes below the trail prior to the Katwalk....we went off trail near the old PCT and encountered mass berries.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Cyclopath Faster than light
Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 7697 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Cyclopath
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Sun Aug 11, 2019 10:49 pm
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All trails have good blueberries right now.
The Chief Sealth Trail is fantastic for blackberries.
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Sky Hiker Member
Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 1469 | TRs | Pics Location: outside |
Not all some area bushes are void of berries
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11272 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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treeswarper
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Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:59 am
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Ummm, huckleberry patches, which are becoming rarer, are seldom revealed to anyone except close friends. It is like a secret fishing hole. That's just the way it is.
Be aware that revealing a spot on here may reveal it to commercial pickers, who will bring a van load of pickers up and pick it clean.
I boycott products made from huckleberries. To me, it is blasphemy to use huckleberries in soap or lotion. Huckleberries are special and should be eaten, preferably in a pie.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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Schenk Off Leash Man
Joined: 16 Apr 2012 Posts: 2372 | TRs | Pics Location: Traveling, with the bear, to the other side of the Mountain |
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Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:17 am
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treeswarper wrote: | I boycott products made from huckleberries. To me, it is blasphemy to use huckleberries in soap or lotion. |
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
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Kim Brown Member
Joined: 13 Jul 2009 Posts: 6900 | TRs | Pics
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Too early in some areas; they’re still green, at least the trails I was on last weekend and this weekend. By the end of August there will be more locations ready. Stay tuned.
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Sky Hiker Member
Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 1469 | TRs | Pics Location: outside |
The ones I were in this weekend were quite abundant with many different varieties. As soon as the first frost hits they will go bad.
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Joey verrry senior member
Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 2794 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
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Mon Aug 12, 2019 3:56 pm
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Last Thursday we were at Cutthroat Lakes off the Mountain Loop. Not the easiest trail but lots of ripe berries once you get high. Bugs were not bad but on the other hand it was cool and as wet as it could be without actually raining.
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Anne Elk BrontosaurusTheorist
Joined: 07 Sep 2018 Posts: 2410 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:44 pm
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Treeswarper wrote: | huckleberry patches, which are becoming rarer, are seldom revealed to anyone except close friends. It is like a secret fishing hole...revealing a spot on here may reveal it to commercial pickers, who will bring a van load of pickers up and pick it clean. |
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
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FiresideChats Member
Joined: 20 Jan 2014 Posts: 361 | TRs | Pics Location: San Juan Islands |
I find hucks everywhere and all the time. Many local mountains have a predominate huckleberry understory between 2 and 5 thousand feet. There are lots of mountains.
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7676 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
There are quite a few areas where many huckleberries can be found, not as many (at least in my area) where good trout fishing lakes can be found, so not really feeling the need to be huckleseekrit about it.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Commercial pickers mostly choose areas with easy road access and avoid wilderness areas and large vertical gains.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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