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Clear Lake Cabin Lookout
I was browsing my lookout list the other day and found an opening on Tuesday December 9th for Clear Lake Cabin lookout. I pulled the trigger without much thought. I'm pretty glad I did.
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Elk Loop
These creeks ‘n puddles ain’t gonna stomp themselves. Just a quickie lil elk loop today. I expected a lot more rain. I saw one dude coming down off Elk, otherwise nobody until I was back near the parking lot. Very fun loop! The water is warm. This is definitely a warm storm. The creeks are pretty high. They’re expected to get a lot higher. I love stomping around in Elk Creek when it’s warm. There is so much going on in the forest when the creeks are flowing. As wonderful as the other seasons are, there is something about getting…
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Funemployment Continues: Quick Chintimini Boop
I drove over to Woods Creek Trailhead this morning to do a lil hard run on Chintimini. I’ve been enjoying the 2005 road lately. I put together a fun lil loop. I’ve been hitting this route occasionally over the last few years to see my progression. Today I decided to do it in sub 2 hour. This run can be broken up into 3 sections: Road(2005), Up(East ridge), Down(North ridge). Starting at Woods Creek Trailhead, 2005 road is a fun 3.4 mile 900 foot climb. It’s all runnable, but it’s tough. 2005 goes to east ridge trail which is then…
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Quickie Kings Summit via Coronary
In an effort to be more regular about posting, I’ll be posting some of my runs on here. I have to get these postin’ reps in to build up my workflow, ya know? I do want to clarify something. I previously said that hunters in Tillamook are not supposed to use the trails. This is not true. I was incorrect on that. I stopped by the Forest Grove Rangie Statie and talked to em. They can use trails but it is heavily discouraged. In Tillamook State Forest they close gates and give hunters access behind those closed gates. So hunters…