The (Angels & Devils) Rest of the Way - 28 March 2010

[Lurch]

Just a few more pics...


Old Bridal veil, while water was being taken off for the flumes, and before debris filled the V in the lower falls..


Old mill at Palmer Pond, where they were rough cut before being sent further down.


Horse logging "Near Bridal Veil" 1890s


Palmer to Bridal Veil flume 1904, this is what the rough cut timber rode down to BV


This must be the infamous Jumbo?

[vienturia]

Don, i'd love to get the chance to meet you and go for a hike to the ruins with some like-minded gorge history buffs. I've a thing for crumbling chimneys, and i'd sure like to see this one.....my home is where the hearths are!.....scott

Let's do it! Looks like a lot of interest in exploration so as soon as the weather improves we can go up there. The hearth in the photo is at 2,200' so is surely buried in snow at present.

-don

Pencil me in for that one!

I'm in!

[jostalady]

Thank you for all this information!

I have a forest habitat paper due soon and I am really hoping to find some areas near Bridal Veil that grew back naturally after the 1902 fire and an area that grew unlogged after the 1928 effort by the National Forest service to replant. I want to compare natural succession with managed. Does this kind of habitat example exist? How do I find them? I have to VISIT the sites and figure out what is growing there, do a general characterization. I don't want to spend all of my time and energy hiking around blindly hoping such a site presents itself.

Thanks for your thoughts!