https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/ Trail Advocates Discussion Board en-US Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:59:48 +0000 wpForo 60 https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/3/#post-4362 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 09:00:31 +0000 kirk said I wonder, why the difference?  Perhaps they were connecting to an existing trail, or maybe someone decided that they only had resources to build that much trail that year? Maybe the trail ends at 3 miles.  Hopefully we will find out the answer soon.]]> Lost or Abandoned Trails Rob https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/3/#post-4362 https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/3/#post-4361 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 07:07:16 +0000 Rob Williams said The book says it was 10 men plus a cook.  And the book says there was only 3 miles of trail to build, but by my calculation it is about 5 miles from Frazier Turnaround to the Roaring River. I wonder, why the difference?  Perhaps they were connecting to an existing trail, or maybe someone decided that they only had resources to build that much trail that year? Maybe the trail ends at 3 miles.]]> Lost or Abandoned Trails Kirk https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/3/#post-4361 https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/3/#post-4360 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 05:40:16 +0000 Lost or Abandoned Trails Rob https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/3/#post-4360 https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/2/#post-4359 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:42:38 +0000 Lost or Abandoned Trails Kirk https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/2/#post-4359 https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/2/#post-4358 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:43:47 +0000 Lost or Abandoned Trails Donald Presley https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/2/#post-4358 https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/2/#post-4357 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:05:53 +0000 Rob Williams said Paul: I took a look at your posting on PH from 2009 (almost exactly 5 years ago - wow!), and looking at your track and our track, it looks like we were on the same trajectory until about the top of that un-named creek that feeds into the south fork - I think that is just about the location of that spring (Big Blaze spring).  It looks like you headed down that creek, while we continued more or less along the contour line. Just curious - did you see that spring with the big blaze? Rob, Yes, the upper part is easy to locate but I just lost it at that point and figured the trail would be near the creek based on the maps. I don't recall the spring with the big blaze, might look at my photos. I'm looking forward to another visit to this place with y'all. One of the greatest finds ever. --Paul]]> Lost or Abandoned Trails Paul Turner https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/2/#post-4357 https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/2/#post-4356 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:53:55 +0000 Lost or Abandoned Trails Rob https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/2/#post-4356 https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/2/#post-4354 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 13:20:13 +0000 ]]> Lost or Abandoned Trails Rob https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/paged/2/#post-4354 https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/#post-4353 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:40:06 +0000 Lost or Abandoned Trails Rob https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/#post-4353 https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/#post-4352 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:18:34 +0000 Rob Williams said It definitely was a most excellent outing!  A very WET outing, but excellent. I think (but we will find out later) that the trail slowly makes its way down to the river - at least that is how the path appears to be headed.  What would be even more amazing is if this trail were accessible all the way to the roaring river.  According to the old maps (which were wrong on its initial location), it is supposed to meet up with Corral Springs across the river.  Wouldn't that be cool if you could take this down and then go across to Corral Springs on the other side? OK, so I'm a dreamer... But this trail definitely deserves more exploration. That would be a nice trail to have available for a loop with Grouse Point. I'm really curious about the Corral Springs connection. If there's room, invite me along next time now that I'm a believer. --Paul]]> Lost or Abandoned Trails Paul Turner https://www.trailadvocate.org/community/lost-or-abandoned-trail-reports/the-elusive-511-trail-has-been-found/#post-4352