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  • Nordic Issues - Jan. 2012 / Edelweiss Ski Club fights incursion of snowmobiles around their Hemlock Butte Cabin <> General discussion <> MJIngalsbe <> 12/28/11 <> 12/28/11

    Hemlock Butte and the Hemlock Butte Cabin are located between and south of Mt. Bailey and Diamond Lake, about 24 miles east of Roseburg, OR. The Edelweiss Ski Club helped build and volunteers to maintain the cabin, which can accommodate 20 guests. Although the main trails to the cabin are marked as non-motorized, snowmobilers have been traveling very close to these trails, coming in the area of the cabin, and now desire to use the trails legally and the area around the cabin for escape...

  • Nordic Issues - Jan. 2012 / Paving an 8-acre parking lot on Nordic ski trails at Mt. Hood Meadows Nordic Area <> General discussion <> MJIngalsbe <> 12/28/11 <> 12/28/11

    Mt. Hood Meadows (Meadows) requested, and the US Forest Service (USFS) has completed a draft Environmental Impact Statement for a proposal to build a 8-acre parking lot and clearing an additional 4.5 acres that will also include a new Nordic center and expansion of maintenance facilities. The Hanel Loop, Stump Lane, Beargrass Loop, and possibly Raven Way Nordic fee-based trails are currently located in the area of the planned parking area. The USFS proposes to mitigate the loss of these ski...

  • Crazy Hills (Wind River, WA) <> General discussion <> kbrannan <> 01/10/11 <> 01/14/11

    Hi All,

     

    I was looking through Klindt Vielbig's book and came across the "Crazy Hills" chapter describing a trail system up the road from Oldman Pass in Wind River. Does anyone now about these trails?

     

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    3 <> Crazy Hills, Wind River <> MGreenstreet <> 01/11/11

    Yes, I am very familiar with the Crazy Hills trail system.  I will be leading at least two, maybe three tours in the Crazy Hills in February...

  • Outing Report: Bennett Ridge Trail, 27th Dec 2010 <> General discussion <> black <> 12/28/10 <> 12/28/10

     

    Perfect snow on the Bennett Ridge Trail yesterday.  However, we did not get very far.  As we approached Wind Gap, where there is an open slope down to the right, the snow had drifted into deep (2 to 3 feet) corrugations across the trail, making progress extremely slow.  My partner didn't want to continue; I waded on another 50...