| Previous :: Next Topic |
| Author |
Message |
Get Out and Go
Member
Joined: 13 Nov 2004
Posts: 2086 | TRs | Pics
Location: Leavenworth |
Photos from the FS in the link. Not advisable to attempt to ford until water goes down this summer.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd910644.pdf
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
|
| Back to top |
  
|
|
timberghost
Member
Joined: 06 Dec 2011
Posts: 1156 | TRs | Pics
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Downhill
Member
Joined: 30 Jul 2018
Posts: 340 | TRs | Pics
Location: Leavenworth |
|
Downhill
Member
|
 Thu May 13, 2021 7:23 pm |
|
|
The USFS crew was out there repairing/replacing some of the planks, supports, and handrails in the summer of 2019, and although it wasn't in great shape after - it was certainly good for the intended purpose - foot traffic.
The main cause of premature wear on this bridge is horse traffic, for which it was never intended or built to withstand. I hike this section of the Icicle trail multiple times a summer and I have seen dozens of horseback riders cross this bridge even though there's a well-marked stock ford just a few yards away. It would be great if the local horse clubs would pony up to help replace this bridge - ideally with a design that makes it impossible for horses to use (like the one across Mountaineer Creek before the Colchuck-Stuart junction).
Okay, I'll get off my high horse now.
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Slugman
It’s a Slugfest!
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Posts: 16796 | TRs | Pics
|
|
Slugman
It’s a Slugfest!
|
Thu May 13, 2021 7:25 pm |
|
|
Pony up. 
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Bootpathguy
Member
Joined: 18 Jun 2015
Posts: 1716 | TRs | Pics
Location: United States |
Hold Your Horses
Experience is what'cha get, when you get what'cha don't want
Experience is what'cha get, when you get what'cha don't want
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Bedivere
Why Do Witches Burn?
Joined: 25 Jul 2008
Posts: 7464 | TRs | Pics
Location: The Hermitage |
|
Bedivere
Why Do Witches Burn?
|
Sat May 15, 2021 4:16 pm |
|
|
Given the high use and relative proximity of this bridge to the trailhead, I'd imagine the FS will make its repair a priority. That blocks access to a very large and popular area.
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dave allyn
Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2011
Posts: 396 | TRs | Pics
|
I hope the FS makes it a priority but I'm not holding my breath while I wait. I walked up and looked at it yesterday. It appears you could cross on the high side. My buddy and I both tried it for a short ways. We agreed, possible but scary. Much better to wait for low water and Ford.
|
| Back to top |
|
|
timberghost
Member
Joined: 06 Dec 2011
Posts: 1156 | TRs | Pics
|
Hopefully this will keep some people out
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dave allyn
Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2011
Posts: 396 | TRs | Pics
|
Walked out there yesterday. 1 log left of the bridge with a few planks still hanging. A brave and foolish person could possibly walk it, a slip would be fatal. There were several stakes with orange paint, one next to a rebar stake with a cap. I assume someone fron the FS has been there and it may get replaced someday. Walked upstream to the log jam. Most of it is gone but there is a large log between the end of the log jam and the opposite bank. Once again, it would be possible for a brave and foolish person to cross, with certain death the result of a slip. Walked (bushwacked) upstream another 1/4 mile or so and saw no sign of any other potential crossings. I'm hoping for a prompt replacement. Water is absolutely raging right now.
 RichP
RichP |
| Back to top |
|
|
zimmertr
TJ Zimmerman
Joined: 24 Jun 2018
Posts: 960 | TRs | Pics
Location: Issaquah |
|
zimmertr
TJ Zimmerman
|
Wed May 17, 2023 10:35 am |
|
|
| timberghost wrote: | | Hopefully this will keep some people out |
Lame. 
| dave allyn wrote: | | Walked out there yesterday. 1 log left of the bridge with a few planks still hanging. A brave and foolish person could possibly walk it, a slip would be fatal. There were several stakes with orange paint, one next to a rebar stake with a cap. I assume someone fron the FS has been there and it may get replaced someday. Walked upstream to the log jam. Most of it is gone but there is a large log between the end of the log jam and the opposite bank. Once again, it would be possible for a brave and foolish person to cross, with certain death the result of a slip. Walked (bushwacked) upstream another 1/4 mile or so and saw no sign of any other potential crossings. I'm hoping for a prompt replacement. Water is absolutely raging right now.
. |
I'm sure the river is incredibly dangerous right now from the snow melt but I crossed the horse ford last August and it was ankle deep and easy. Probably easily crossable for most of the season.
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dave allyn
Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2011
Posts: 396 | TRs | Pics
|
Photos from the other day.
RichP, ALW Hiker, zimmertr
RichP, ALW Hiker, zimmertr |
| Back to top |
|
|
Backpacker Joe
Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001
Posts: 23915 | TRs | Pics
Location: Cle Elum |
Double bummer!
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
