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From: Bob Brewer <peektrekker@aol.com><br>
To: info <info@cdtrail.org>; mail <mail@cdtsociety.org>; jonathan <jonathan@phlumf.com>; ks1007 <ks1007@aol.com>; trekker4 <trekker4@aol.com>; peektrekker <peektrekker@aol.com>; bobrewer <bobrewer@aol.com>; shannon <shannon@cdtrail.org><br>
Cc: KS1007 <KS1007@aol.com><br>
Sent: Thu, Aug 19, 2010 5:36 am<br>
Subject: 13-18 AUG 10<br>
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1. Over 150 trees dn on or across tr.
2. Over 150 places where tr badly o'grown, @ least 25 pl tot o'grown - willows,
spruces, firs, branches over 1 in dia at times; this doesn't include o'growth of
plants other than trees or shrubs.
3. Over 25 tr washouts fm an extremely heavy rain; some pl h2o created 1-3
ridges of rocks & gravel on each side of normal drainage channel; ridges are 6
in - 3 ft tall; some are hard, stable, & can be stepped on; some are soft &
collapse when stepped on. 1 channel is now a 3-8 ft deep, 4-6 ft wide
straight-sided mini-canyon across tr, where one has to go dnhill abt 250 ft to
near a cliff edge to cross safely, or even cross; other places just lots of
rocks & gravel layered up across tr, up to 10 times width of orig channel; some
pl streams spilled the debris into new pl a ways off of orig channel. This is
all S of Elwood Pass & N of Blue Lk as best I recall. The power it took took to
pile large rocks into those debris ridges is amazing.
4. Lotta negative above I realize, but apparently no maintenance done for years
in what I just hiked. I don't know what CDT Standarda are, & realize resources
may not be available.
5. Never went even 10 mi w/out finding h2o, but 2-3 "sources" were dry or
unusable; lots of sm streams w/origin steeply up, close by, & no where near
cattle, which I drank w/out treating; only used Steripen on 2 qts whole dist (DO
AS I DID AT YOUR OWN RISK).
6. Expect to find lots of those green to black pies on tr; prob passed 200 cows.
7. Unfortunately saw no elk or bears, & less than 10 deer.
8. The high grasslands are beautiful, & green right now.
9.Got lucky, only real rain was @ night in Elwood Pass Trhd campsite.
10. All, please fwd to correct Federal people; SF, I failed to get email addy of
CDTA CO lady onto my Peek (It's on my laptop in car in Creede.); KS, please post
on cdt-l.
Trekker
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