by guest » Sun Oct 01, 2017 4:13 pm
Hi friends,
I to have to wonder about the crews in the forest, and what / who is being allowed by State park & / or SBNF.
Many peaceful mornings I walked down from the tram at 8:15am, only to be greeted by some type of "rock crusher", I think, grinding away, (sounding like a chain saw running out of gas, which there are now many as well up there).
Re. impact, couldn't a real mule crew be hired in place of at least 6 mech. mules, trudging threw the forest from the tram to Tamarack / Round, with accompanying exhaust, pivoting wide-track tread & noise. These have needed their own trail, as they cannot, (unlike real mules), negotiate big rocks & roots. I do enjoy the smell of mt. air cooked breakfast from the big ol mess-tents. I've also found a few bottled / trash in areas where they work, but can't say it's from them.
I realize this can be hard, physical work, with no road access, but it needs monitoring. Wouldn't want a trampling of the little blue curl & frogs whilst building the railing & kiosks at Hidden lake, (which I hear may open soon?).
Arocknoid, pity the poor man who faces the dreaded Snow Creek Posse!, (except the clever lion or two).
There may be a few less forest wreckers up in the general area of 4-5k ft. around pct, (think below the now dwa, former boys school), as I think I saw a helo pulling out a big bundle of "green" a couple weeks back.
Thanks ladies for being such good forest angels.
ss