New "Lost" Trails in the Goat Rocks: Klickton Divide, etc.

[Naturebat]

(None of these tracks were tested by me before. I just used old USGS maps and careful track "tracing" using Google Maps' satellite imagery.

The Goat Rocks:



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Gertrude Lake Trail
http://gpsfly.org/g/5137

Gertrude Lake Trail, another "lost" trail in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. (Completely within the GPNF.)

Gertrude Lake Trail by fluttershyismagic, on Flickr




Huckleberry Creek Trail
http://gpsfly.org/g/5138

Huckleberry Creek Trail to the Klickitat River. This abandoned trail traverses Yakima Reservation lands; hiking this trail is not legal. But it is an interesting find, I think. (Track not tested.)


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Klickton Divide Trail
http://gpsfly.org/g/5141

Klickton Divide Trail. This is one of the more suspicious lost trails. It may be that the trail is so old that it is deteriorating very badly; or, it is nothing more than pieced-together goat trails. (not a tested track. This trail traverses Yakima Reservation lands; hiking this trail is not legal.) There was a thread about this trail on Oregon Hikers a while back.


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Lake Corral Trail
http://gpsfly.org/g/5142

Lake Corral Trails System. The trail to lake Corral is still pretty visible on the ground. You can see it in Google Maps Satellite view quite clearly.
**Lake Corral is located in Yakima Reservation lands, so camping wouldn't be permitted (enter at your own risk, as it technically isn't permitted to enter the Klickitat Basin unless on the PCT). This isn't a tested GPS track.



"Cispus Divide" /Old Pacific Crest Trail
http://gpsfly.org/g/5143

Old PCT Route around Cispus Basin, rather than going over it. The tread is very visible on Google Maps Satellite view, and, it shows up on old USGS topo maps as the old PCT. If it is still traversable, it might make a good loop hike.
**Warning: This isn't a tested GPS track! There may be multiple washouts, and, by the looks of it, it probably does.


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http://gpsfly.org/g/5144

Abandoned Snowgrass Flats Trails -Goat Rocks
**Warning: This isn't a tested GPS track! Hiking on these trails may also be prohibited and bad for the fragile meadows. Many social trails in Snowgrass Flats were closed (especially for camping) because of meadow damage and overuse. But still, it might make for a good shortcut when hiking from Cispus Basin to Goat Lake; it would save a bit of unnecessary elevation gain.

[Markh752]

Gertrude Lake Trail: a friend of mine took his kids to Gertrude Lake a few years ago. He didn't comment that the trail was still there, but he didn't mention any bush whacking either. So I would assume the trail is still there.

Cispus Divide trail: per a conversation with another hiker in Sept 2013 who had hiked it earlier that day, the trail is still very much there. But he did mention that the trail was washed out in quite a few places. 20-30 ft deep with very loose rock.

Old Snowgrass trail: the lower section is still there before getting to Snowgrass Flats. The trail disappears just before/at the Flats. There is still remnants of the old trails going out of the Flats if you look close enough. A group of people should not walk single file through Snowgrass Flats so that a trail does not develop.
Personally I would not use Snowgrass Flats as a short cut from Goat Lake to Cispus basin. Besides why drop down into a meadow surrounded by trees and still have to go uphill out of the meadow and miss the views from the PCT?

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