St Helens: Old (abandoned) Sheep Canyon TH (the HARD way!)

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Re: St Helens: Old (abandoned) Sheep Canyon TH (the HARD way!)

Post by wildcat » September 15th, 2021, 8:52 pm

Cool. My dad and I hiked Sheep Canyon a couple times before the washout but haven't been back since. I would have had to have been about 10 or 11ish the last time we went and did the entire 7 or 8 miles. Interesting to see the old trailhead now (well, a few years ago). Looks like it had at least seen some activity in the couple decades' meantime, from the fire ring that I'm almost certain isn't original.

Is there actually still something sort of resembling an at-least hikable (if undriveable) Road 8123 going to the old trailhead? I will admit total ignorance of the road network in the area since it's been about 25 years and I wasn't paying attention then, and I have no idea where (or if) my dad's old maps are.
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