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Home Forum Trip Reports What trail am I on – Part 3

What trail am I on – Part 3
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Joe Keller

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7:50 pm 04/05/2010
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Tom Kloster said:

Good point — that being the PCTA? This is the PCT just south of Breitenbush Lake, where Ruddy Hill first comes into view.

 

Tom

 

Yes, the Mt Hood Chapter of PCTA coordinates maintenance from Park Ridge in Mt Jeff to south of Goat Rocks. South of Little Crater Lake, there are some horse groups that take charge of various sections for the PCTA.

Donovan

posts 118

8:46 pm 04/03/2010
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Tom Kloster said:

Good point — that being the PCTA? This is the PCT just south of Breitenbush Lake, where Ruddy Hill first comes into view.

 

Tom

 

Don't really know for sure. I think they may be the ringleaders but horse and mule people do the work. Some others too.

I walked it once in 1975. I remember the re-route through the Reservation as tedious and have chosen to never go back. Besides, it has plenty of friends.

More interesting to me are the old Skyline routes.

Picture please!

Donovan

Tom Kloster

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1:12 pm 04/03/2010
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Good point — that being the PCTA? This is the PCT just south of Breitenbush Lake, where Ruddy Hill first comes into view.

 

Tom

Donovan

posts 118

9:30 am 04/03/2010
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I was suspecting PCT but fact is we rarely use it except to get between Red Lake Trail and Double Peaks and Top Lake, Horeshoe Saddle and Gibson Lake.

PCT maintenance is done by outsiders.

So I can't say where on the trail that is taken.

Donovan

Tom Kloster

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9:16 am 04/03/2010
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Well, this is probably too much of a hint, but the "trailheads" for this trail are the Canadian and Mexican borders…

Tom

Rob Williams

posts 225

7:21 am 04/03/2010
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Tom Kloster said:

That's it! See, I don't stand a chance with you guys! :)

Okay, one more  in a different part of the district:

 

 

Tom, that looks vaguely familiar, but I can't place it.  Since no one has answered yet, can you give a hint?  I know it is south of Rho Ridge, but any other info would be appreciated.

Thanks

Rob

Tom Kloster

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9:08 pm 03/30/2010
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Nope, further south. But I do need to hike that trail — I've never hiked the area around Mt. Lowe, but plan to this summer.

Tom

Donald Presley

posts 149

8:56 pm 03/30/2010
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Tom

I would guess that it is on the Rho Rhidge Trail on the north end.

Don

Tom Kloster

posts 19

8:22 pm 03/30/2010
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That's it! See, I don't stand a chance with you guys! :)

Okay, one more  in a different part of the district:

Donald Presley

posts 149

8:10 pm 03/30/2010
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Tom that looks like the start of the Rimrock Trail coming out of Cottonwood Meadows.

Tom Kloster

posts 19

7:42 pm 03/30/2010
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A muskrat ranch..? Still wrapping my head around that! I do remember cattle grazing clear up into the 1980s, and then I think the Nature Conservancy (or similar organization) bought up the inholding. New maps no longer show the inholding, so I suppose that means the lakes have since been turned over to the USFS?

Okay, here's another — I doubt a hint is needed, but this is a trailhead scene:

Robert Koscik

posts 102

10:43 am 03/30/2010
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I noticed the private block on an old map…A muskrat ranch… man people will do anything for a buck!  And way out there too.

Donovan

posts 118

9:18 am 03/30/2010
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It goes down to the lakes and meadows. The bottom was private property. It was, I think, a muskrat ranch. I also think the saddle at the junction is an old camp.

Put up another picture for us.

 

Donovan

Tom Kloster

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8:08 pm 03/29/2010
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That's it, alright. But from a few years ago (maybe 2004 or 2005?) I didn't realize that you'd maintained it — what does it connect to? I didn't realize it had been a formal part of the system.

 

Tom

Donovan

posts 118

10:39 pm 03/28/2010
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That kinda looks like the trail we fixed dropping into Squaw Lakes off 502 between Squaw Mtn and Twin Springs.

Donovan

Tom Kloster

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6:28 pm 03/28/2010
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I've been following these, but haven't had a clue on most of them. Here's one that might stump you veterans of the Clackamas… but I doubt it! This is taken from an unmarked trail junction…

Mystery Trail

Donovan

posts 118

9:00 am 03/25/2010
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Donald Presley said:

Donovan said:

Speaking of which, some of you adventurers might enjoy North Pinhead.

 

Donovan

I see that the North Pinhead Butte had a lookout on it according to the '38 map. Is there anything else as far as history or geology that would interest someone? I take it you have hiked around the butte at some point in your earlier days of exploration.
 

Don

Yes.
 

Donovan

You care to elaborate just a little, or must we go to said place and find out for ourselves?
 

 

If I elaborate, it wouldn't seem interesting. If I don't elaborate it will seem more interesting.

Donald Presley

posts 149

9:03 pm 03/24/2010
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Donovan said:

Speaking of which, some of you adventurers might enjoy North Pinhead.

 

Donovan

 
I see that the North Pinhead Butte had a lookout on it according to the '38 map. Is there anything else as far as history or geology that would interest someone? I take it you have hiked around the butte at some point in your earlier days of exploration.

Don

 
Yes.

Donovan

 You care to elaborate just a little, or must we go to said place and find out for ourselves?

Donovan

posts 118

9:23 am 03/23/2010
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Donald Presley said:

Donovan said:

Sorry about that. I find this format hard to visually separate the posts.

Double Peaks. Ruddy is comfortable as it's blanketed in soft cinder.

 

Speaking of which, some of you adventurers might enjoy North Pinhead.

 

Donovan

 

I see that the North Pinhead Butte had a lookout on it according to the '38 map. Is there anything else as far as history or geology that would interest someone? I take it you have hiked around the butte at some point in your earlier days of exploration.

Don

 

Yes.

Donovan

Donald Presley

posts 149

9:39 pm 03/22/2010
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Donovan said:

Sorry about that. I find this format hard to visually separate the posts.

Double Peaks. Ruddy is comfortable as it's blanketed in soft cinder.

 

Speaking of which, some of you adventurers might enjoy North Pinhead.

 

Donovan

 

I see that the North Pinhead Butte had a lookout on it according to the '38 map. Is there anything else as far as history or geology that would interest someone? I take it you have hiked around the butte at some point in your earlier days of exploration.

Don
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