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Warm season adds to options
INTO THE
OUTDOORS
BY JAYSON JACOBY
Usuii 11 \ by La to fanuar v
most (‘leva lions ml be
('.1st ados ,ibov i' .1 liont
2.000 foci have enough snow
lor t ross ( ountrv skiing or oth
or winter pursuits This soar is
proving to be .in out opt ion
though, .is porsistont tinso.ison
ahlv vs arm. wo.lthor has kept the
snow mostly nhovo 4.0(H) tint
Tho result has boon a below
average mountain snowpat k
and although most Cascade al
pine ski areas haven't 'suffered
tin) much, the i hon es for other
popular vvmtcr recreation have
been cut down considerafi.lv
And that's too bad because
some of the prune spots usu
alls covered with plenty id
snow bv now have either no
snow at all or |usl an occ asional
siushv pate b
While this may not be the
best possible scenario lor out
door enthusiasts, it does open
up some rather unique oppor
tunities Those people who just
can't live without trips in the
snow still have the higher ele
vations m which to enjoy the
while stuff, but the unusual
weather means everyone else
c ail hike to some places that are
almost always snowed in at
this time of year
There’s something tun al
most daring about Inkmg
into areas during the middle ol
the winter that typically require
long trek-, by snnwshoe or on
skis And for people who either
don't like traveling over snow,
or don't have any experience
doing so, warm winters open
up rare chant es that aren't usu
ally open to them
One of the easiest of these
trips is the 2 i mile trail to
•i' ■ ■' Mi )'•!!rrvm .ri
• l 'lii'i l . : flu-re .irr
'li!! snowdrifts along the trail,
hu! \\ till . up elusr glimpses of
old grow t lit dm lor v rush tog
niounl.i;n streams .md im
i : • i: dayimpressive oi iu
u! Oregon s soi ond highest
peak. lii:-. fate npp rtumK is
w ■ irth. lho oi:;>r!
A n .1 lido d linn;; . is 1 il .1 I
l>ii!iioli,i 1.,1'ki1 is open to fishing
•ili 0.1 f lull reguLitinns are
available in the-Oregon .fishing
s\ Mopsis t )i -,\ ,>rd .it i\iut!,m
hor. Although it is l»",und tho
si njii ol tins < ulutnn iie-fish
mg . an. bo .l.ingonuis ,m.| .in',
olio .nlorostod should got more
inlorm.iiiun 110loro trying it In;
i ond it nuts in tho l disc uiii s are
ion unpredictable
Tho I’.umilin hake tniilhoad
is |o< .rtod .it the ond of tho
ihimulj.i ft 1.1 d, which branches
0.1st t loft ) from Highway 11
about 1 tiiiIt-s north of Marion
i orss I’his puvoti rood turns to
gravel ,i11t-i .itkiul 1 5 inilos. hut
it isn't rough tho rost of tho two
miles to tho tr.nl
Although tho road is not
plowed, tho warm weather has
oloarod away most ot tho snow,
and tho trailho.id is accessible
without four wheel if rive
There is a largo (larking area at
tho tmginning ol tho trail, i.nni
plolo with a lores! servile sign
bulletin board and restrooms
I his wide well graded trail
is one ol the most popular In
the Cascades during tho sum
mot when as many as 100 peo
ple may use it during July and
August weekends It winds
through an ancient forest lor
the first hail mile, roughly bil
lowing splashing I’amelta 1 Took
on an almost level grade rile
trail is linrderuii i lustily by rho
dodendron plants that hurst
birth red blossoms m May
and June
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1JTM A KINCAID, OriN MON. • *AT., PM. I4A-41J1
At about tin- iwlI mile pom!
! h ■■ • i pi-.’.'". I. ">!■ hv Milk
t r• • ► ,istream tlv.it starts tin
Ml i !■ I llT si I.n - sllipis !() till'
s i on S'. It is oni' nf tin' tn.un
sin i i ! rt• i• ks. heading on tin'
mountain that have names <uu;h
as milk, nr white itidu alive of
!.’!>■ murkv tune thev h i v e (Jut
i.'.g tile spring thaw when sand
-1:..t .si0, :f.■ ii: VIt |r!!i isim s . -1.i
t iers fill them
I r otn tills point I ti e trail
.11" a I i 1 till I . IH s | MU - i I ,| ( Irek.
rising gradually with a tew
short. moderate slreti ties In the
t Irek s nil t let ,l! the lake's edge
t he ’rail gains only ’flu (eet til
e lev at mu on I tie wav to I in
take
i'liere are other options for
tiie i.!venturoiis at tins point
l.ri//lv I’eak offers one of the
ties! vie',Vs (it Ml letllTson S
west side, imt its rtdgctnp view
point is more than two miles
a'waV and .LIMIO feel higher
than tile lake tins is a (rip
only for a strong snow sinter
it a nts l ave a small tsism,
riglii at tile hase ol Ml (eliefson
at tile i MUD foot level. Is almost
four miles past the lake This
tnu. is not a trip for file begin
ner. hut it i an fie skied by those
with downhill or telemark
skills Neither ol the longer
trips sho .Id hi' attempted m
anything imt perl i I weather or
11v anyone without winter stir
v tv ai training
Itul tin' real heautv ol this
trip is that it's an easv walk
right to thi' lake In most years
a trip to i'amelia Lake in late
lanuary requires a live or sis
mile trek through the snow as
the unplowed road oil Highwav
22 usually Isn’t passable all the
way to the trailhead
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