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W edn e sd ay , O c tob e r 7 , 2015 Th e Nugg e t N ew spap e r , S i s t e r s , O r egon Y A PO AH L A K E : Th e fo r e s t i s ex t r em e ly d ry r igh t now C o n t i n u e d f r om p a g e 1 8 B e tw e en th e s e two t r a i l jun c- t ion s , th e t r an s i t ion f rom d e ad lodg epo l e to h e a l thy young f i r and h em lo ck t r e e s a c c e l e r a t e s qu i ck ly . W e con t inu ed w e s t on th e S co t t P a s s T r a i l and d e c id ed to go f a r th e r w e s t th i s t im e , th en go o f f - t r a i l to th e sou th and wo rk ou r w ay b a ck e a s t . On th e w ay in , i t b e c am e app a r en t th a t th e m a rk e r w e ’d spo t t ed th e y e a r b e fo r e h ad b e en r emov ed . W e s aw a coup l e o f po s s ib l e p a th - w ay s tow a rd th e l ak e bu t s tu ck to ou r o r ig in a l p l an . Wh en w e r e a ch ed a po in t in th e t r a i l wh e r e m ap con tou r s sugg e s t ed th a t w e w e r e du e no r th o f th e l ak e , w e d e c id ed to h e ad b a ck to th e n e a r e s t “po s s ib l e ” rou t e . O f cou r s e , fo r GPS u s e r s , th i s t r ip i s p rob ab ly a no -b r a in e r . H e ad ing e a s t on th e s am e t ra i l , howeve r , I a lmo s t imm ed i a t e ly spo t t ed a po t en - t i a l rou t e w e h adn ’ t s e en on th e w ay in . W and e r ing l e s s th an 50 y a rd s o f f - t r a i l , I h i t p ay -d i r t and kn ew I w a s on th e r igh t t r a ck wh en I spo t t ed an o f f i c i a l Fo r e s t S e rv i c e “T empo r a ry S ign ” th a t th r e a t en ed a $200 f in e fo r “M a in t a in ing o r m a rk - ing t r a i l w i thou t au tho r i z a - t ion . ” S in c e i t d idn ’ t p roh ib i t w r i t ing abou t i t , I f igu r e I ’m ok ay . 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Th e top o f th e No r th S i s t e r c an b e s e en p e ek ing ov e r th e top o f a r idg e sou th o f th e l ak e . W e s aw f r e sh foo tp r in t s , so som eon e e l s e w a s in th e r e r e c en t ly . W e c i r c l ed th e l ak e coun- t e r c lo ckw i s e and lun ch ed on th e sou th sho r e , look ing b a ck tow a rd th e y e l low co t ton - wood s . W e cou ld s e e a f ew f i sh r i s ing , and I r em emb e r ed a t a l e r e l a t ed to m e by a lo c a l o ld - t im e r . A c co rd ing to th e rumo r , som e t im e b a ck in th e 1950 s , som eon e h ad s e c r e t ly v i s i t ed th e l ak e and u s ed dyn am i t e to co l l e c t th e l a r g e t rophy t rou t f rom Y apo ah L ak e . No t v e ry spo r t ing . . . no wond e r p eop l e k e ep th i s p l a c e a s e c r e t . A f t e r lun ch , w e con t in- u ed a round th e l ak e on th e e a s t sho r e . B e c au s e o f th e d ry y e a r , som e o f th e l ak e bo t tom w a s show ing a round th e sho r e l in e ; and w e w a lk ed a long th a t expo s ed a r e a . Th e on ly t r ibu t a ry to th e l ak e i s in th i s a r e a , and som e f e eb l e sp r ing s w e r e s t i l l f e ed ing in to th e l ak e f rom th e mo s s - cov e r ed h i l l s id e . W e a r e a c cu s tom ed to p i ck ing up t r a sh wh en w e s e e i t , and my f r i end spo t t ed an o ld b e e r c an on th e l ak e bo t- tom , w i th th e m a rk ing s a l l bu t f ad ed aw ay . Wh en sh e p i ck ed i t up , how ev e r , w e d i s cov e r ed th a t i t h ad n ev e r b e en op en ed . W e d idn ’ t s e e any po in t in c a r ry ing a fu l l c an b a ck to th e t ru ck . So , w e popp ed th e top and sh a r ed a co ld b e e r . In th e sp i r i t o f “ s e c r e cy , ” I ’m no t go ing to g iv e any mo re spec i f ic d i rec t ion s abou t f ind ing th e “un au tho r - i z ed ” t r a i l . I ’m su r e th e r e a r e tho s e who th ink I ’v e a l r e ady d i s c lo s ed w ay too mu ch . I f you c an f ind i t , though , you c an sh a r e in th a t b i t o f ex c i t e - m en t th a t go e s w i th m ak ing a d i s cov e ry . I w i l l , how ev e r , t e l l you how to g e t to th e S co t t P a s s T r a i lh e ad . Th e t r a i lh e ad c an b e r e a ch ed by t ak ing th e M cK en z i e H ighw ay (242 ) 5 m i l e s e a s t o f S i s t e r s to a l e f t tu rn on to Fo r e s t Ro ad 1018 ; th e r e i s a b rown s ign po in t - ing tow a rd th e S co t t P a s s T r a i lh e ad and o th e r f e a tu r e s . Abou t s ix m i l e s l a t e r , tu rn r igh t on to Ro ad 1026 ; th e r e i s no s ign ag e h e r e , bu t a fo r e s t ro ad s t ak e show s th e co r r e c t numb e r , 1026 . F rom h e r e , i t ’ s a l i t t l e ov e r a m i l e to th e t r a i lh e ad . Th i s i s no t a f e e -u s e a r e a , bu t f r e e w i ld e r - n e s s p e rm i t s a r e r equ i r ed and av a i l ab l e . And , i f you ’ r e wond e r ing abou t th e n am e “Y apo ah , ” wh ich i s bo r rowed f rom nea rby Y apoah C ra te r , you w i l l h av e to w a i t fo r th e an sw e r in n ex t w e ek ’ s co lumn . MASSAGE THERAP IES : B len d i n g m o d a l i t i e s f o r y o u r p e r f e c t t r e a t m en t MOVEMENT CLASSES t h a t m e e t y o u w h e r e y o u a r e ! Ro l l It ! M on d a y s 5 : 3 0 - 6 : 4 5 p .m . F oam r o ll in g , r an g e -o f -mo t ion , y o g a , r e l a x a t ion S tr e n gth en , L en g th en and R e l a x ! (SLR ) W edn e s d a y s 5 : 3 0 - 6 : 4 5 p .m . B lend in g r an g e - o f -mo t ion , c o r e s t r en g th , y o g a an d re l a x a t ion M en t i o n t hi s a d f o r $ 1 0 o f f ! S e l a h Br o d e r i c k , LM T M ov e m en t I n s t r u c t o r S i n c e 1991 • L i c. # 1 5 5 8 3 541 -241 -0043 • 207 N . F i r S t . 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