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naturealbeing
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 Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:56 pm Mt. Teneriffe via Kamikaze Falls route 1.24.05 |
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I’ve wanted to do this hike for some time, but what kept me was the long hike in on the logging road. Well that changed when I found out that there was a more direct route. Using the GT map for this area the hike begins at the gated logging road 1.3 miles east of the Mt. Si trail turnoff. Elevation here is 950 ft. and will climb to 1,240 ft. in the 1.2 miles of logging road needed to travel to reach the trail to Kamikaze Falls. The trail is not marked but there is a well worn path that takes off on the right side of the road. I found this after 20 minutes of travel on the logging road and it was 100 ft. past the third berm in the road. From this point to the falls will take .4 miles of traveling and 1,220 ft. of gain. This trail takes you along side of the creek and at this time of year there is a lot to see and hear. At 2,460 ft you reach the falls and will come to know why they call it Kamikaze Falls. From here the trail traverses to the east as it climbs to the ridgeline. As near as I can tell using my topo map program the distance to the summit is about 1 mile from the falls with 2,328 ft. of gain. Once on the ridge you will stay on it all the way to the summit. I really enjoyed this section of the trail, as it steeply climbs along the ridge I felt as though I was climbing a dragon's back. I also felt like I was on some kind of a quest to find a hidden temple. The ridge is completely tree covered and the shade from the sun was well appreciated. Along the way I only ran into a few small patches of snow. As I neared the summit I saw a half dozen mtn. goats on a near by ridge. Once at the summit the views were mostly clear with some haze north to Mt. Baker and Glacier Peak. I took a half hour lunch break, along with some picture taking, and then headed back down. Took another break back at the falls and took quit a few pictures as the sun on the falls was just perfect. All in all I had a lot to be grateful for on a beautiful sun filled, warm, and awesome January day.
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Rumpus Doodle
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Joined: 07 Jul 2004
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Location: Seattle
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| Nice trip report and pictures! How much snow was at the summit?
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Elvis
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Joined: 09 Jun 2004
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Thanks for the Trail Report. I'm in the N Bend area often, I'll have to add that to my list of to-do's. Nice waterfall shots!
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naturealbeing
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| In regards to your question jason. No snow. The conditions were what you would expect in July or August. Mother nature is throwing us a screw ball this year.
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Kat
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Lovely.  I'll have to go back there again, and reach the summit this time.
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Malachai Constant
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Just turn the volume down a bit on that route. It hasn't got into the guide books yet. It is in the process of becoming another mailbox  but it would be nice if we kept it our little secret 
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aestivate
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| Malachai Constant wrote: |
| Just turn the volume down a bit on that route. It hasn't got into the guide books yet. It is in the process of becoming another mailbox but it would be nice if we kept it our little secret |
Yep, this is how the process works. Somebody brushes out an illicit trail to the falls. Someone else continues the illicit route up to the top of Teneriffe. Then everybody on the web starts clacking about it, and posting clueless trip reports, because they do not understand this dynamic. And voilá, another mailbox mess, which seems to get worse every year. Believe me, this Teneriffe route is, from the perspective of trail design, from the perspective of a trail that gets an appreciable amount of use, completely rotten. Wet in the lower part, straight uphill in the upper. It will go to hell with remarkable rapidity.
The notion of keeping illicit trails secret, in the age of the WWW, a fantasy. Much better not to build them.
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Elvis
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| Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:21 pm |
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To keep these trails secret all you have to do is post one of these at each 'secret' trailhead:
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"Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas." ~John Dryden
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Kat
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| aestivate wrote: |
| Malachai Constant wrote: |
| Just turn the volume down a bit on that route. It hasn't got into the guide books yet. It is in the process of becoming another mailbox but it would be nice if we kept it our little secret |
Yep, this is how the process works. Somebody brushes out an illicit trail to the falls. Someone else continues the illicit route up to the top of Teneriffe. Then everybody on the web starts clacking about it, and posting clueless trip reports, because they do not understand this dynamic. And voilá, another mailbox mess, which seems to get worse every year. Believe me, this Teneriffe route is, from the perspective of trail design, from the perspective of a trail that gets an appreciable amount of use, completely rotten. Wet in the lower part, straight uphill in the upper. It will go to hell with remarkable rapidity.
The notion of keeping illicit trails secret, in the age of the WWW, a fantasy. Much better not to build them. |
Quite the secret. Check out Green Trails map of the area. Oh, also the mountaineers reference to the trail on the net. No, I'm not posting a link lol. fwiw. Edit: that doesn't mean I agree with all the previous attention, OK?
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termite
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| nice report. great pics as always
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Wilbur Spork
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| aestivate wrote: |
The notion of keeping illicit trails secret, in the age of the WWW, a fantasy. Much better not to build them. |
Are you suggesting that because it's better not to build them, they somehow won't be? If so, that is as much a fantasy as The notion of keeping illicit trails secret, in the age of the WWW. Neither is likely.
Trails and routes that are illicit or legit, secret (there really are no secrets) and unsecret, will be yammered about, TRd and written up in personal and public websites. People who suggest self-imposing limits on the level of dicsussion about these places is caring about the intergrity of them and is being conscience - not pretentious.
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Haris Pilton
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| Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:16 pm help me with my book |
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Hi y'all, I'm doing some research for me and my sister's new book, Cascade's Secret Trails and Lakes. Most of the information I've researched on the internet. This site has been particularly valuable, in fact my sole reference so far and has probably saved me countless trips to the library besides the fact that I haven't had to do any actual hiking either. Skoal! I'm now writing the last chapter on how to flag secret trails so that others can follow them (that's the point, right?). Need input on the best color, width, and environmentally bulletproof material, and also knots that are hard to untie. Please PM me since I don't want others on the internet trying to write the same book I am. 
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WhiteJacket
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| Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:55 pm |
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| Haris Pilton wrote: |
| Hi y'all, I'm doing some research for me and my sister's new book, Cascade's Secret Trails and Lakes. Most of the information I've researched on the internet. This site has been particularly valuable, in fact my sole reference so far and has probably saved me countless trips to the library besides the fact that I haven't had to do any actual hiking either. Skoal! I'm now writing the last chapter on how to flag secret trails so that others can follow them (that's the point, right?). Need input on the best color, width, and environmentally bulletproof material, and also knots that are hard to untie. Please PM me since I don't want others on the internet trying to write the same book I am. |
LOL !
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WhiteJacket
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| Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:59 pm |
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BTW nice TR and pics naturealbeing 
Especially love the one of the goats!
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SPhillips
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| Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:00 pm Great |
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| loved the secret trailhead sign, although lately no one would buy it with the 60 degree weather!
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