777 Rd, Tanner Butte TH, Wauna Viewpoint - Aug 13, 2017

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pablo
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777 Rd, Tanner Butte TH, Wauna Viewpoint - Aug 13, 2017

Post by pablo » August 13th, 2017, 3:44 pm

Tanner Butte Trail head is closed for the fire at the upper end of Eagle Creek and there is a FS rig complete with a person to provide enforcement. Oddly enough the Tanner Cutoff trail is open and the powerline access road and the use trail bypasses all this. Given there are many things to do other than the Eagle/Tanner traverse this closure makes little sense. Wauna Point Trail? Dublin Lake? Tanner Butte?
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My go-to for a quick hike in cloudy conditions is a varied combination of Wauna Viewpoint, that powerline access road branching from the 777 and the use trail from there to Wauna Point Trail. Usually a finish with the Tanner Butte Trail down to the 777Rd and back to Eagle Creek. For anyone who traveled the 777 Rd this spring you'd have thought the 777 road was a goner but like every other year the FS finds the will and the way to repair the road. Funny how a BPA powerline provides incentives for road maintenance. The 777 rd has never been in better condition. Not only has the 777 Rd been repaired, the powerline access road several of us use to get up the hill has been cleared also. To top it off the powerline access road the runs west from Wauna Viewpoint has been cleared. Someone got busy.

Powerline access road this spring.
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Powerline access road now
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The washout at the upper part of Wauna Viewpoint Trail has continued to expand making the final approach to the viewpoint a bit challenging. Going to be hard to repair as the slope is all crumbly dirt and rock. Coming up from below, here's the first sign of trouble and it only gets worse. In the photo below the green stuff on what was the trail is poison oak.
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Repairs are going to be challenging to implement given the conditions of the slope there.

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Re: 777 Rd, Tanner Butte TH, Wauna Viewpoint - Aug 13, 2017

Post by retired jerry » August 13th, 2017, 5:33 pm

That's funny, maybe an oversight. Don't tell them about it or they'll close the cutoff trail :)

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Re: 777 Rd, Tanner Butte TH, Wauna Viewpoint - Aug 13, 2017

Post by Don Nelsen » August 13th, 2017, 5:47 pm

retired jerry wrote:That's funny, maybe an oversight. Don't tell them about it or they'll close the cutoff trail :)

Too late! The map shows it.

Doesn't matter, though. Lots of other ways.

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Re: 777 Rd, Tanner Butte TH, Wauna Viewpoint - Aug 13, 2017

Post by pablo » August 13th, 2017, 6:49 pm

Don Nelsen wrote:
retired jerry wrote:That's funny, maybe an oversight. Don't tell them about it or they'll close the cutoff trail :)

Too late! The map shows it.

Doesn't matter, though. Lots of other ways.

dn
Hi Don,

Which map? On the MHNF site for the Indian Creek Fire in the fire doc I was looking at shows the 448 Tanner cutoff as well as the short trail to Dublin Lake as open. Looks like Tanner Butte itself is on the border of the closure area.

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