THE . MORNING OltEGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1920.
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1 PROPOSED "SKYLINE" ROAD THROUGH CASCADES' GRANDEUR IS HELD PRACTICAL'
Route Is Described as One Continuous- Run of Magnificent, Varied Scenery, With Tourist Playground Possibilities Without Limit Construction Would Greatly Aid. Forest Service in Protecting the Timber Areas
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IMAGINE an auto road extending
200 miles along the crest of a
lofty- mountain range at altitudes
of 5000 to 6000 feet,' skirting moun
tain lakes of deepest blue, weaving
between snow-capped peaks, travers
ing meadows dotted with . alpina
flowers, and plunging into sombre
forests of fir and hemloek. Would
not such a road be marvelous!
This Is the plan for the "Oregon
Skyline." which will stretch along
the backbone of the Cascade moun
tains from Mount Hood to Crater lake
through the Oregon, Santiam. Cas
cade, Deschutes and Umpqua national
forests. Such a road has been de
clared entirely feasible by pompetent
engineers.
Until the field reconnaissance is
finished the location of the road can
not be predicted, but from informa
tion and maps on file in the forest
service, a practical route can be ap
proximated. The Mount Hood loop will be util
ized, whence the road will extend
southward from Government Camp
past Clear lake and Olallie lakes,
passing Mount Jefferson on the west,
thence past Marion lake and Three
Fingered Jack, leaving Mount Wash
ington to the east, to Frog Camp,
where the route crosses the McKen
sie road. Thence passing close to
the Three Sisters, it crosses the di
vide to Sparks lake. Elk lake and
Lava lake, passes around Cultus lake
and again crosses to the west of the
summit to Waldo lake.
Skirting the east shore of Waldo
lake, the route once more crosses
the divide to Odell lake, and passes
along the west shore of this and
Crescent lake, where It connects with
the old military road to Eugene.
Again it crosses to the west of the
summit and proceeds to Diamond
lake, passing Mount Thielseh, and on
tto Crater lake. Here it connects with
good automobile roads to Klamath
Falls and Medford.
Laterals and Connections;
It is estimated that a single track
dirt road will cost in the neighbor
hood of $2,500,000. Some of the road
and several important laterals are
already under construction. Thus 14
Ulles of the Mount Hood loop road,
imbracing the stretch between the
itional forest boundary and a point
f-vo miles beyond Government Camp,
under contract, the cost to be
il'64,000.
The forest service has already com
pleted 14 miles of the skyline on a
permanent automobile grade near its
northern end, and plans are under
way to improve the old Barlow road
o the east, making it very fairly
passable to autos from Wapinitia,
crossing the Cascades via Govern
ment Camp to Portland. This, it is
estimated will shorten the distance
between central Oregon and Portland
70 rrriles.
The McKenzie highway, crossing
the Cascades from Blue river to Sis
ters, will be another important lat
eral or feeder. The construction of
mues west irom Sisters is un-
dor contract at a cost of about $148.-
000. Bids were invited on the section
between Blue River andy Belknap
springs, but none were received. The
forest service has, however, already
spent $30,000 from its own allotment
on this road.
The Willamette highway from Rig-
don ranch easterly across the Caa-
cades will be put In fair condition
for automobile travel, while the sec
tion from Rigdon ranch southwest to
Eugene has already been improved.
The Medford - to - Klamath Falls
road, crossing the mountains at Cra
ter lake, is also being constructed.
A contract has been let covering ding glacier and somber, cathedral
three miles along Anna creek from like lanes of Alpine forest is empha
the national foreBt boundary to the sized by the contrast', of nature's
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national park boundary, and 22
miles from Prospect to the national
park boundary, the cost of construc
tion to be about 1250,000...
In short, several Important high
ways which cross the Cascades are
under contract, the cost involving
several hundred thousand dollars.
These roads will ssr-re as laterals to
the east and west at frequent inter
vals, and make the scenic highway
accessible from all parts of the state.
The elevation of some of the lakes
along the shores of which the road
will pass will give an idea of why the
name "Oregon Skyline" was chosen.
The rim of Crater lake is about 7000
feet above sea level; Diamond lake,
5200 feet; Crescent lake, 487 feet;
Odell lake, 4900; Waldo lake, 6600;
Sparks lake, 5400; while In the neigh
borhood of Mount Jefferson and Olal
lie butte the road will mount to ele
vations of approximately 6000 feet.
Owing to the presence of snow during
the greater portion of the year, the
road will be open to travel only from
about the middle of July to the mid
dle of October.
Nature's Flower Gardens.
At suoh altitudes the timber is not
so attractive perhaps to a lumber-
man, but it Is none the less impressive
and beautiful. The dense stands of
straight and ponderous boles of the
lower slopes and benches have been
supplanted with groups of spirelike
alpine trees, clothed with somber
foliage, even to the ground.
The contrast between these patches
of forest and the riot of color In the
alpine meadowa in which they often
stand is really startling. The deli
cate beauty of the natural flower
gardens is accentuated by the severity
of their surroundings, while the re
pressiveness of towering crag, forbld-
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flower beds across which tney ar eler from the east. When the scenic
seen. road along the summit brings a whole
These natural meadows and the series of them to the attention of the
wonderful flowers, in their strange tourist they will prove an irresist-
surroundings. are a common and fa- lble attraction.
mous feature of . the Cascade moun- Running north from a point near
tains. Already, where they are easily Government Camp is an old road ex
accessible, they are a lure to the trav. tending to the timber line- on Mount
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Hood. This road, which is tributary in a bewildering profusion. Some of airplane routes from the crest of the whose proportions have grown In a
to the Oregon Skyline, has been im- these mountain lakes have no outlet Cascades to the coast itself, making few days, even a few hours, from a
proved by the forest service so that it and are in fact but snow water and possible an efficient detection system tiny puff of smoke to whole canyons
is fairly passable for automobiles, become dry in a hot summer. Others, on all the watersheds of Oregon on and mountains of raging furnaces,
and there are opened for the pleasure however, are fed by perennial springs which timber is found. The large and often threatening the destruction of
of autolsts many mountain meadows, and are stocked with rainbow trout immensely valuable yellow pine for- entire watersheds of valuable timber,
where flowers grow on the edge of and other game fish and, as every ests of central and eastern Oregon The proposed highway will enor
the snow fields and many delightful fisherman knows, the most isolated can be patroled daily and efficiently mously Increase the accessibility of
camp sites are made available. This fishing "grounds" yield the best from these same bases. The estab- every part of the Cascade range. From
is but one spur, mentioned as an ex- catches. lishment of such a system in co-oper- it can run convenient side roads,
ample, of many which will be built. To reach many' of these wonderful ation with the state forest organiza- reaching every part of the forests,
opening up parks and delightful mountain regions Is not easy under tion. private timber owners and the and over it can go quickly by auto
camps off the trunk roads. present conditions and only the more federal fire lighting organization, will mobile the men and supplies necessary
The only feasible route for the road enthusiastic attempt it. For example, be the greatest advance ever made in for the suppression of the fire befove
is along or close to the crest of the to reach the Olallie country one out- fire protection in Oregon. it has reached uitd-oie proportions.
range. Many vistas will greet the fits at Estacada and travels on horse- Oregon contains one-fifth of the Economl: Advantages of Road,
traveler, while side trips to innumer- back with a pack train two or three standing timber of the United States, The road will facilitate further
aoie points reacnea Dy ur&ncn roaa or
trail will rtveal wide expanse of dis-
tant landscape. To the west lie bil-
lows of hills" and mountains, the
sharpness of their ridges sottened oy
distance and the green verdure of The use of airplanes is revolution
their forests. In contrast to the west Izing fire protection and patrol, but
slopes-, the eastern ptne-clad slopes, the broken slopes and heavy timber
broken by many lava flows, drop grad- of the western Cascade slope afford
ually to the distant brown plains of no safe landings, nor can they be pro
central Oregon, on which only sage- vlded. on routes of communication
brush, junipers and Jackrabbits now now existing in the forests, except at
grow. Such, views are common from a. prohibitive cost. Here on the broad
many peaks and buttes which will
be easily reached from the Oregon
Skyline.
Among; Lakes and Glaciers.
Scattered along the main summit
rise the many towering glacier-clad
peaks, which, seen at a distance, are
known to every Oregonian, but which
are intimatelv known At Dresent but
to relatively few outdoor people
forest rangers, sheepherders. trappers.
miners and the more zealous moun-
tain climbers. Few today are ac-
qualnted with the steel grays, blues
and crystal whites of the glaciers of
the Oregon peaks which, though not
comparable in magnitude to the fa-
mous glaciers of the north, are yet
no less true glaciers.
Volumes might be written about the
wonderful mountain lakes on the very
crest of the range lakes several
square miles In area, down to small
lakes hung precariously on the slopes
of the mountains in what appear like
artificial basins gems of deepest
blue set in dark green.
From Olallie butte may be counted
87 lakes.- scattered In the deep forest
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Oregon Skyline, with 'its lateral roads,
will make the glories of the Cascades
available to autoists and bring them
nearer to the town dwellers
back of, the Cascades above the con-
yons and ridges nature has placed
open, level spots which it is planned
to utilize as airplane landings.
Naturally adapted to this use. the
cost of their improvement and utili
zation will be nominal; and. until
they are provided, this greatly ad
vanced method of fire detection will
not be usable in this region,
Landing Sites Plentiful,
From present Information it ap-
pears thak grounds naturally adapted
to airplane landings will be found at
the Summit House, at Dry Meadows,
Clackamas Lake. Lemiti, Jefferson
Park, Duffy Prairie, Fish lake. Sum-
mit. Crane Prairie. Waldo lake, Big
Marsh. Kelsey valley. Diamond lake,
Crater lake and Woodruff Meadows,
Only a few. of these places are now
accessible by road, and then only- by
round-about routes. It is planned
that the skyline road pass through
these spots, making them directly
available for convenient use as re-
porting and supply stations in the
airplane patrol.
It will then be possible to map out
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6lbIo. Th0 projected road will tra-
verse lengthwise, the center of this and bringing the market nearer to the
heavily timbered "region. producer.
The standing timber is Oregon's As eoon as the road is assured recre
greatest material asset. Annually ation and landscape engineers of the
thousands of dollars, in bad vyears, forest service will co-operate with the
even hundreds of thousands, are spent road engineers in locating it where
in this etate in the fighting of tire, it will serve the best interests from a
which, with the advent' of each new scenic and recreation standpoint,
dry season, threatens destruction to A complete recreation reconnais
the forests. Banco and working plan will be form-
In every "bad" Are there has been ulated. Sites will be reserved for
an element of delay loss of time, due
often to the necessity of equipping
pack trains, following long, indirect
rotes, and even the cutting of new
trails. Time is a most important fac-
tor. Every hour the lire grows. The
economy of quick suppression is felt
not only in . the saving of valuable
stuff burned, but even more in the
labor and expense involved in the ex-
tingulshlng. -
One man car, with a bucket of
water, put out a small campflre. but
hundreds of men often labor for
weeks in the suppression of a fire
delivering to every customer
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utilization of the natural resources of
the national forests. Grazing areas
now inaccessible will be made avail
able. an'J Ivhe laterals from eastern
Oregon will bo used as driveways to
the summer range of high mountains.
The road unquestionably will be an
enormous asset to the state and de-
velop a tremendous playground for all
America.
The road and its main connections,
which are even now being constructed,
w-iu furnish several trans-cascad-e
routes.
binding heretofore separated
sections of the st:
barrier of the hi
state, overcoming the
gh mountain range
summer homes, for hotel purposes, for
automobile service stations and for
stores. Public camp grounds will bo
laid out and improved, andi grazing
will be restricted so that the beauty
of scenery and the choice camping and
recreation spots shall not be marred,
The Oregon skyline will be one of
the greatest scenic drives of America,
And It is not the dream of a visionary,
Engineers have declared It entirely
feasible without exorbitant cost. Plans
are being made for a field reconnais-
eance the' coming season to lay out
the most feasible route.
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