Tour Announcement: L. T. Murray Forest Roads, 08-21-09
August 21, 2009 (FRIDAY)
Posted by Jerry on the Forum.
The L.T. Murray Wildlife Recreation Area covers thousands of acres and is dotted with many and varied access roads, some of which we have already explored with PNW Backroad Adventures. But, there are others including the Tamarack Ridge Road, Page Pasture Road, North Riggs Ridge Road and Tar Paper Flats Road that we have not explored. And if there is time we plan on taking the Durr Road to Umtanum Ridge and driving a road heading toward the Yakima River Canyon in hopes that we have a good vantage point above the river.
Most of our travels will be in scenic sparse pine forests that offer occasional views of the Thorp Valley and meandering creek bottoms. Road surfaces will be a mix of gravel, dirt, heavy pit-run and bed rock. Stock SUV’s and pickups should work fine. If time permits we plan on driving to the South LTM to drive a sagebrush route to a ridge above the Yakima River.
Bring a sack lunch, plenty of drinking water, snacks, etc. and be advised that there are no restroom facilities so please plan ahead. Primary communications will be via CB Radio Channel 22 and secondary communications via VHF Amateur Radio 146.580MHz simplex.
We are meeting at the Thorp Fruit and Antique Mall, Exit 101 off I-90.
Arrange for breakfast on your own prior and join us in the parking lot before our departure time of 9:00 AM. There is a service station next door in case you need to top off.
Remember, this is a FRIDAY event and we hope to see you there!
For discussion and more details, visit Tour Announcement: L. T. Murray Forest Roads, 08-21-09
Categories: Adventures Tags: durr road, l.t. murray, l.t. murray wildlife recreation area, north riggs ridge road, page pasture road, pickups, suv, tamarack ridge road, tar paper flats road, thorp, thorp valley, tour, trip, umtanum, umtanum ridge, washington, wildlife area, yakima river, yakima river canyon
Trip Report: Clemen Mountain Tour – 10.04.2008
Photo by Brian (aka Photog)
Over on the forum, Jerry provided us with another fantastic, well written, detailed trip report (Jerry – did you ever write professionally?) on the Clemen Mountain trip on October 4, 2008 just off SR410 near Cliffdell, Washington.
They had a great turnout despite a rainy Friday night and a very foggy Saturday.
You can read the trip report at Clemen Mountain Tour (10-04-08).
And thanks to Brian and Brandon for posting up some nice photos of the trip.
Categories: Adventures Tags: clemen mountain, cliffdell, pacific northwest, tour, trip report, washington
Tour Announcement: Virtue Flat OHV Area, Oregon 10.26.2008
Today, Hutchman announced on the forum a trip he is hosting at the Virtue Flat OHV Area, just outside Baker City in Eastern Oregon on October 26, 2008. This is a trip for all vehicle capabilities, from the stock 4wd to those with a well build 4×4 who wants to test their skills.
You can read more about the trip and even see some photos of the area by visiting Virtue Flat OHV Area Oct. 26th.
Categories: Adventures Tags: 4wd, 4x4, announcement, baker city, oregon, orv, orv area, pacific northwest, tour, Tour Announcement, virtue flat, virtue flat orv area
Tour Announcement – Clemen Mountain Tour – 10.04.2008
Join us in Naches, Washington to explore Forest Service, Department of Wildlife and DNR roads on and around Clemen Mountain. Clemen is actually a 4000′ high ridge that separates the Naches and Wenas Valleys and most of it lies within the Wenatchee National Forest and the Oak Creek Wildlife Area. It is not unusual to spot elk and big horn sheep on Clemen and sometimes in one particular area the deer are so plentiful it is almost impossible to keep count of your sightings.
Read more at Clemen Mountain Tour.
Categories: Adventures Tags: Backroad Drivers Northwest, big horn sheep, clemen mountain, dnr, elk, naches, oak creek, suv, tour, washington, wenas, wenatchee national forest, wildlife
Eastern Washington Coulee Country Tour – 05.25.2008
Generally, I don’t like to travel on holiday weekends, especially when it involves going to Eastern Washington. However a day trip on a Sunday isn’t bad – no Monday stop and go traffic over Snoqualmie Pass to contend with.
On Sunday, my son Steven, our dog and myself headed out around 6:00 a.m. over Snoqualmie Pass to Eastern Washington on a photographic tour. After a stop in Ellensburg for gas, coffee and food (plus a few stops on the way for the dog), we headed east on I-90 to Vantage, across the Columbia River and south on SR 243 towards Beverly to head up Lower Crab Creek.
Read more…
Categories: Adventures, On The Web Tags: appledale, atv, beverly, blue lake, columbia, columbia river, corfu, coulee, crescent bar, deep lake, dry falls, dry falls lake, dunes, highland school, junction, land cruiser, lenore lake, lower crab creek, lower grand coulee, moses coulee, moses lake, o'sullivan dam, orv, othello, palisades, parke lake, perch lake, potholes reservoir, quincy, railroad, road trip, rv, seep lakes, shrub-steppe, smyma, soap lake, soda lake, sun lakes state park, tour, trestle, umatilla rock, upper goose lake, washington, west bar
Burley Mountain to Mt St Helens Tour 10.13.07
Each time I venture to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in the South Cascades of Washington state, I am simply amazed at the beauty of the country. In this region, not only are you are surrounded by four major peaks of the Cascade Mountains (Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Hood), there is an extensive variety of terrain ranging from deep valleys and canyons to exposed buttes and cliffs, alpine meadows to old growth forests, and of course, the Mt. St. Helens blast zone. I could easily spend days or even weeks just exploring the region.
With that in mind, I decided to host a Backroad Drivers Northwest tour in the area just south of Randle, Washington. This region is an area which I am fairly familiar with having spent a lot of time hunting, camping and exploring with my father while growing up. The tour would follow one of my favorite routes in the area, Forest Road 77 from the Burley Mountain Lookout along the ridge past Pinto Rock and Mosquito Meadows. From Mosquito Meadows, we would would take FS 99 to the Windy Ridge Viewpoint at Mt. St. Helens and follow FS 26 back to Randle.
Read more…
Categories: Adventures Tags: adventure, burley mountain, buttes, camping, canyons, cascade mountains, cascades, cispus, cowlitz, fishing, forest, gifford pinchot, glenoma, goat rocks, hunting, iron creek, jeep, lake scanewa, lookout, meadows, mosquito meadows, mt adams, mt hood, mt rainier, mt st helens, national forest, norway pass, outdoors, pinto rock, quartz creek, randle, spirit lake, tour, travel, trips, washington, windy ridge, woods creek
Tour Announcement – Burley Mountain to Mt St Helens 10/13/07
In case you missed it on the forum, I posted an announcement for a tour of the Mt. St Helens area south of Randle, Washington.
The plan is to visit the Burley Mountain Lookout, drive the ridgeline between Greenhorn Buttes and Mosquito Meadows, visit Windy Ridge at Mt St Helens and more depending on time.
Read more of the trip details at Burley Mountain to Mt St Helens Tour
Categories: Adventures Tags: adventure, burley mountain, greenhorn buttes, mosquito meadows, mt st helens, overland, randle, tour, washington, windy ridge
