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lookout bob WTA proponent.....
Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 3043 | TRs | Pics Location: wta work while in between lookouts |
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lookout bob
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Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:47 am
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Yesterday, I went out for another work party with WTA. We worked the first mile or so of the Lost Creek Ridge trail, preparing it for a series of work parties that will replace ailing puncheon bridges and removing some blow down. We worked on the entrance to the trail and there are more work parties today and tomorrow to spiff up this great trail.
After work, we all moved up to the Harold Engles grove. If you have not been there, you should go prepared for an almost religious experience. Harold Engles saved this grove of trees from being cut and the cedars and other trees there are magnificent. I felt as though I was in a cathedral and it was awe inspiring and belittling. I encourage you to visit and walk the 1/2 mile loop there.
I am not posting my pictures as they do not do justice to the moving experience of being there and cannot capture the immensity of ancient trees.
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
HikingBex, gb, HitTheTrail, Slim, Schroder, Prosit, RichP, Chief Joseph, Nancyann SpookyKite89
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
HikingBex, gb, HitTheTrail, Slim, Schroder, Prosit, RichP, Chief Joseph, Nancyann SpookyKite89
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SpookyKite89 Member
Joined: 07 Jul 2021 Posts: 79 | TRs | Pics Location: Mountain Loop |
Thank you for your work up there! I look forward to heading that way this season and will definitely have to check out the grove. Can't wait.
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BeardoMcGrath Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2018 Posts: 143 | TRs | Pics Location: Snohomish |
I've driven past the grove many times but only stopped there for the first time this year. Great spot. Was up there again during the heat wave and there is a beautiful spot down by the river where it's possible to get in.
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lookout bob WTA proponent.....
Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 3043 | TRs | Pics Location: wta work while in between lookouts |
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lookout bob
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Thu Aug 04, 2022 4:02 pm
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Beardo....we walked down there and disassembled a fire pit that some jackass had made and got rid of the pile of wood someone intended to burn at some future point. Not the place for a campfire in a hallowed place!
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
SpookyKite89, rbuzby
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
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BeardoMcGrath Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2018 Posts: 143 | TRs | Pics Location: Snohomish |
lookout bob wrote: | Beardo....we walked down there and disassembled a fire pit that some jackass had made and got rid of the pile of wood someone intended to burn at some future point. Not the place for a campfire in a hallowed place! |
That is too bad! It must have been new since I don’t remember seeing it
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rbuzby Attention Surplus
Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 1006 | TRs | Pics
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rbuzby
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Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:09 am
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Harol Engles roamed all over the Glacier Peak area with no waist-belt on his extremely heavy pack.
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Schroder Member
Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 6696 | TRs | Pics Location: on the beach |
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Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:15 am
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Did you manage to clear out this one?
Sculpin
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lookout bob WTA proponent.....
Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 3043 | TRs | Pics Location: wta work while in between lookouts |
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lookout bob
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Sat Aug 06, 2022 8:55 am
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No...we only worked the first 3/4 mile of the trail and did not go up the switchbacks. But, there's more work parties out there and perhaps they'll clear the pile....
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
Schroder
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
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FiresideChats Member
Joined: 20 Jan 2014 Posts: 361 | TRs | Pics Location: San Juan Islands |
lookout bob wrote: | I felt as though I was in a cathedral and it was awe inspiring and belittling. |
Exactly how I felt on a summer morning in the Roosevelt Grove over on the Idaho border.
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7676 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
FiresideChats wrote: | lookout bob wrote: | I felt as though I was in a cathedral and it was awe inspiring and belittling. |
Exactly how I felt on a summer morning in the Roosevelt Grove over on the Idaho border. |
Several years ago my daughter and I rounded a corner up past the falls and came face to face with a huge bull moose. I yelled really loud and he was quickly out of there. The Roosevelt grove is pretty cool, but the Engles grove has much bigger trees, some twisted into interesting shapes. The river spot is pretty cool too.
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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HitTheTrail Member
Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 5452 | TRs | Pics Location: 509 |
Thanks for your selfless dedication to improving trails for people to enjoy.
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gb Member
Joined: 01 Jul 2010 Posts: 6303 | TRs | Pics
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Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:06 am
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That is really a very generous thing you are doing Bob. I've only hiked there 3 times over the years. Most recently about five years ago I went out pretty far on a day hike. The trail at that time was in good shape; that snarl of trees looks pretty nasty.
Where is the Harold Engles Grove?
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lookout bob WTA proponent.....
Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 3043 | TRs | Pics Location: wta work while in between lookouts |
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lookout bob
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Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:46 am
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gb....the Engles grove is about 3 miles up road 49. North Fork Sauk off the Mountain loop highway about 17 miles south of Darrington. It's well worth the drive....
p.s...as for generosity....I really enjoy working trail and the feeling I get when I compare what we've done with how it was at the beginnings of the work party is well worth the effort. Come out with WTA and you'll see what I mean. It's a blast.
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
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Foist Sultan of Sweat
Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 3974 | TRs | Pics Location: Back! |
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Tue Aug 09, 2022 12:54 pm
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I simply stumbled into the Engles grove with my wife and kids, when we were just looking for a quiet spot to explore toward the river along that road (we were car-camped nearby at Bedal). We were all enthralled by the trees and the memorial sign. Such a neat, random discovery.
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