Eagle Creek #440 - Lower Punchbowl Spur (Feb 1, 2009)

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Eagle Creek #440 - Lower Punchbowl Spur (Feb 1, 2009)

Post by Splintercat » February 13th, 2009, 10:08 am

This is a report of some blowdown at the midpoint of the Lower Punchbowl spur trail, a few yards uphill from the lower stairway. There is one large douglas fir across the trail, plus a few smaller trees on either side of the main blowdown. Just uphill from the fir, there is some trail slippage in a ravine, tied to the blowdown destabilizing the slope a bit. I cleared all of the small stuff, but the big tree, a couple smaller trees, some slipped root wads and the slipped trail will need a trail crew and an hour or two.

Smaller tree across the trail - uphill from the main downfall (view is looking back/uphill):

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The main downfall area from above, looking downhill (south):

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A wider view of the main downfall, with the ravine -- the slipped trail is just outside this view on the left, and would benefit from a bit of drainage work:

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The main downfall from below, looking north:

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Re: Eagle Creek #440 - Lower Punchbowl Spur (Feb 1, 2009)

Post by rcPDX » February 13th, 2009, 10:39 am

Thanks for the scouting report!

We have a PCTA volunteer trail work party scheduled for Monday Feb 16 and Eagle Creek is on the list of the trails we plan to log out. This report helps a lot to size up the work.

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Re: Eagle Creek #440 - Lower Punchbowl Spur (Feb 1, 2009)

Post by Splintercat » February 13th, 2009, 10:44 am

Thanks, Roberta!

Tom :)

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Re: Eagle Creek #440 - Lower Punchbowl Spur (Feb 1, 2009)

Post by rcPDX » February 19th, 2009, 7:38 am

Chuck and Dick removed these trees on Monday Feb 16 as part of a PCTA volunteer work crew working on trails in the Gorge.
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Re: Eagle Creek #440 - Lower Punchbowl Spur (Feb 1, 2009)

Post by Splintercat » February 19th, 2009, 7:50 am

Great! Thanks, Chuck and Dick (and PCTA)!

Tom :)

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