[Cdt-l] Cdt-l Digest, Vol 105, Issue 1

Wed Jun 8 18:20:23 CDT 2016

I hiked through on the Creede cut off last year. There were a lot of dead trees and the trail was difficult to follow at points. That said it was still beautiful and I saw more elk on that hike then I have seen in my lifetime.

Michelle

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>   1. Weminche Wilderness Question (Doug Carlson)
>   2. Re: Weminche Wilderness Question (Chris Pratt)
>   3. Re: Weminche Wilderness Question (BCSS)
>   4. Re: Weminche Wilderness Question (Doug Carlson)
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> Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 10:11:52 -0700
> From: "Doug Carlson" <doug-sue at centurylink.net>
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> Subject: [Cdt-l] Weminche Wilderness Question
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> What does the  Weminche Wilderness CDT route look like these days?  Are all
> the pines dead?  Just wondering what it looks like.  I hiked it 15 years
> ago, great forests, wonderful section of trail.  What is it like now?
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> -Doug
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> From: Chris Pratt <chrispratt89 at gmail.com>
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> Yes, a lot of dead pines from wolf creek to  Weminuche Pass when I was 
> there last year.  Still pretty, just need to be careful when setting up 
> camp.  A lot of my favorite spots have dead trees where good campsites 
> used to be.  The South San Juan was still in good shape.
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> Chris
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>> On 6/8/2016 12:11 PM, Doug Carlson wrote:
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>> What does the  Weminche Wilderness CDT route look like these days?  
>> Are all the pines dead?  Just wondering what it looks like.  I hiked 
>> it 15 years ago, great forests, wonderful section of trail.  What is 
>> it like now?
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>> -Doug
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> Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 12:41:04 -0600
> From: BCSS <bcss at bresnan.net>
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> Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Weminche Wilderness Question
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> There has been a fire in there, and the Spruce forest is dying from beetle infestation in places.  Still spectacular.
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>> On Jun 8, 2016, at 11:50 AM, Chris Pratt <chrispratt89 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Yes, a lot of dead pines from wolf creek to  Weminuche Pass when I was there last year.  Still pretty, just need to be careful when setting up camp.  A lot of my favorite spots have dead trees where good campsites used to be.  The South San Juan was still in good shape.
>> Chris
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>>> On 6/8/2016 12:11 PM, Doug Carlson wrote:
>>> What does the  Weminche Wilderness CDT route look like these days?  Are all the pines dead?  Just wondering what it looks like.  I hiked it 15 years ago, great forests, wonderful section of trail.  What is it like now?
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>>> -Doug
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> Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 16:05:05 -0700
> From: "Doug Carlson" <doug-sue at centurylink.net>
> To: "'E'" <eshaww at excite.com>,    "'cdt-l'" <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
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> The fire danger in Colorado has to be extreme now with all that dead pine.  
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> I remember hiking past The Window.  I started a summit of Rio Grande Pyramid but turned back in the face of dark clouds coming in and continued on the trail heading north.  
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> All the trees were green back then.
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> -Doug
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> Not so great. A good portion of the CDT is above the forest, but here are 2 photos taken in August 2011, a couple of days before Wolf Creek Pass (SB) looking down and another looking back at the Window where the forests are devastated. Mini Mart
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> From: "Doug Carlson" [doug-sue at centurylink.net]
> Date: 06/08/2016 01:12 PM
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