Construction
Alert!!!
GIFFORD PINCHOT NF
Tree
Pruning GMTA 9/6/2000
Underground
Utilities at Beaver Campground GMTA 9/14/2000
Bucking/Loading/Hauling
Logs GCV 9/14/2000
Yellowjacket
Flood Repair GCV 9/19/2000
North
Fork Cispus Flood Repair GCV 9/20/2000
Tree
topping GMSH 9/22/2000
McClellan
Viewpoint Landscaping GPFH 9/26/2000
Dry
Creek Stream and Riparian Rehabilitation GMTA 9/27/2000
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MT.
BAKER-SNOQUALMIE NF
Nooksack
Roads Phase 1 MBRD 9/1/2000
Skookum
Flats Trail #1194 MWRRD 9/8/2000
Precommercial
thinning MNBRD 9/12/2000
Carbon/Chenius
Creek ERFO MWRRD 9/15/2000
Carbon
River Bridge MWRRD 9/18/2000
Middle
Fork Elbow & Park Butte Trail Reconstruction MBRD 9/19/2000
Gold
Creek Pond Trail MNBRD 9/20/2000
Ruby
Creek Trail bridge MBRD 9/21/2000
Humpback
Creek Trail bridge MNBRD 9/22/2000
Monte
Cristo Road repair MDRD 9/22/2000
Trail
Maintenance MNBRD 9/26/2000
Lake
22 reconstruction MDRD 9/27/2000
Troublesome
Creek paving MSRD 9/27/2000
Suntop
Trail #1183 9/29/2000
OLYMPIC
NF
Wildlife
tree topping OHOOD 9/6/2000
Acrow
Bridge Project OQUIN 9/13/2000
Precommercial
thinning OSOLE 9/13/2000
2932
Road & Spurs Drainage & Stabilization OSOLE 9/15/2000
Cedar
Creek Road Decommissioning & Stabilization OHOOD 9/15/2000
Deep
Creek 400 Road system stabilization OSOLE 9/15/2000
Trout
Creek storm damage repair OHOOD 9/15/2000
Rocky
Brook storm damage repair OQUIL 9/26/2000
W.Br.
Wynoochee & Baker Creek storm damage repair OHOOD 9/26/2000
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HIKE
OF THE MONTH
Herman
Camp Loop
(Description taken from 50 Old-Growth Hikes by John and Diane Cissel)
To reach this trail turn off of I-84(Corbett exit #22) 13mi. E of I-84/I-205
jct. Proceed E. through town and cross the I-84 entrance ramp 13/4
mi. Go straight at the stop sign and head east parallel to I-84.
Turn right (S.) onto the Herman Ck. CG access rd. after 1/12 mi.
Parking lot is 1.4 mi. further.
| This hike is about 8 miles long and of moderate difficulty. It
loops through two groves of old Douglas fir and offers scenic views of
the Columbia Gorge and Herman Creek basin.
Follow the Herman Creek Trail(#406) uphill until reaching Herman Camp
after 11/4 mi. Turn left onto the Gorton Creek Trail(#408) at Herman
Camp. The next mile passes through small concentrations of old Douglas
firs and scattered big trees, but the best old growth in the area greets
you after rounding the nose of the main ridge. The dense deciduous
understory ( vine maple, big leaf maple, red alder, and California hazel)
lends additional color in the fall. Turn right onto the Ridge Cutoff
Trail(#437) just before the four mile point, and a half-mile later turn
right again onto the Nick Eaton Way Trail(#447). Exposed slopes on
the upper portions of this segment offer expansive views. Continue
switch backing steeply downhill entering an interesting , "young" old-growth
stand. Although Douglas fir in this grove are three to five feet
thick, tree crowns are generally intact and growing well, there is little
dead wood, and the bark looks relatively young. Of course it's all
relative; "young" could easily be 200 or more years old! turn right,
back onto the Herman Creek Trail and return downhill to the trail head. |
Maps that cover this trail are: 50 Old-Growth Day Hikes in the
Mt. Hood National Forest.
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