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ThursdayHiker Member
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iron Member
Joined: 10 Aug 2008 Posts: 6392 | TRs | Pics Location: southeast kootenays |
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:07 pm
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ThursdayHiker Member
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Iron,
I remember seeing that trip report a long time ago and have intentions of trying to find that massive Yellow Cedar some day. I've never seen a Yellow Cedar that is even remotely close to the size of that one. From the pics it looks like it's 10-12 feet in diameter!
On the Eight Mile trail to Squire Pass there's a half dead Red Cedar near the beginning of the trail that is almost 13 feet in diameter.
Monty and I did a journey up the Taylor in Dec where we discovered the Treen Cedar grove. One of the Red Cedars in that grove is a gnarly 12 foot giant
https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report.2017-12-14.5176354040
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 11:55 pm
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Quote: | looks like you're hiking with monty |
I found someone willing to wander through low elevation forests! OP knows a lot more about trees than I do. Plus it really helps to have two people to measure the big ones.
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RichP Member
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puzzlr wrote: | I found someone willing to wander through low elevation forests! |
Now I'll never get you out of the Middle Fork. You've become a tree bagger!
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ThursdayHiker Member
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One of cool things about tree bagging is that it is best done on a cloudy winter day. The forest is best illuminated for photos when it is overcast or even a bit foggy. In the winter the understory plants have lost their leaves so it's easier to see things. Sunny days are for peak bagging. Rainy days are for waterfalls. Never a dull moment.
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Bedivere Why Do Witches Burn?
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 7464 | TRs | Pics Location: The Hermitage |
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Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:11 pm
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Cool post, thanks! Giving me things to go look at in one of my favorite areas.
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Dave Workman Member
Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Posts: 3699 | TRs | Pics Location: In the woods, by the big tree |
If you can, when weather allows, head up the old Pratt River trail. It's stunning in spots. Like a big park on the ground level because of the canopy. At least, it used to be when my legs were younger and I could travel a little better...
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Mike Collins Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 3100 | TRs | Pics
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Is the Pratt trail in good shape? I was thinking about using it as an approach to Russian Butte.
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filbert Member
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Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:47 pm
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There's an amazing forest off the Mountain Loop HW on the route to Bedal (approaching the peak from the west). Calling it a trail would be misleading, but if you can manage clambering over and around a lot of downed trees the overall forest is outstanding. Can't say if there are any record-setters.
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Hutch Member
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The old growth in the upper reaches of the MF, on the way to/from Dutch Miller Gap are some of the bigger trees I've ever seen. Extra special because it's so hard to get to that you get lots of solitude. Special place.
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Quark Niece of Alvy Moore
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Dave Workman wrote: | If you can, when weather allows, head up the old Pratt River trail. It's stunning in spots. Like a big park on the ground level because of the canopy. At least, it used to be when my legs were younger and I could travel a little better... |
Hm, the Pratt River trail is an old logging railroad bed. With the exception of the Big Tree (one or two), do you mean that the path to Rainy Lake or off-trail outside of the old logging unit has big trees?
Or do you mean the original trail next to the river? I have been on portions of that trail but haven't noticed exceptionally big trees, but lordy, it's a stunning old trail and well worth the hassle (channel migration and washouts have eaten much of it).
I haven't been to Rainey Lake - I'm such a loser.
"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
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"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
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Quark Niece of Alvy Moore
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Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:29 pm
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Mike Collins wrote: | Is the Pratt trail in good shape? I was thinking about using it as an approach to Russian Butte. |
There are ankle-twisting holes in the old rail road bed; the ties are still there but its good overall. There is a big washout of the railroad bed to negotiate, but its no different from other washouts negotiated on other trails. Kaleetan Creek and the Pratt River crossings may be deal-breakers during high runoff periods. I did the trail only one time, so am by no means an expert.
Contact Puzzlr he has done the Pratt Trail as well - knowing the watershed so much better, he will likely have better input than I do.
"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
Bernardo, NW Hikers' Bureau Chief of Reporting
"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
Bernardo, NW Hikers' Bureau Chief of Reporting
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
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Tue Mar 06, 2018 2:39 pm
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WTA has had a lot of work parties on the Pratt Trail in recent years. I was on a BCRT for a week last year working on cutting out logs and clearing brush on a section close to the river, before the RR grade starts. It's clearly a priority to keep it open after all the work that went into building the connector. I haven't been farther up the valley since that key exchange trip Kim referred to in 2013.
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Bernardo Member
Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 2174 | TRs | Pics Location: out and about in the world |
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I mostly subscribe to the don't worry about the brush, just do it, school of thought, if it's somewhere you want to go. Of course, sometimes that entails crawling.
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