A trail was built from Angel's Rest to the Summit of Larch in 1920. The first trail from Multnomah Falls was built in 1915.
I wonder what happened to it? The current 2.3 mile trail to Angel's Rest (and a bit beyond) may be all that remain.
Angel's Rest to Larch Summit Trail in 1920
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I love the old Oregonian articles. You never know if the interviewee or the reporter that's making stuff up.
I call B.S.
"Members of the club say they will open up a spring of ice-cold water at the very summit of Larch Mountain"
Is it even possible to have a spring at the very summit of a mountain? Side, yes. Bottom, yes. Top, I don't think so.
I call B.S.
"Members of the club say they will open up a spring of ice-cold water at the very summit of Larch Mountain"
Is it even possible to have a spring at the very summit of a mountain? Side, yes. Bottom, yes. Top, I don't think so.
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Re: Angel's Rest to Larch Summit Trail in 1920
In a word, no! Editorial license, I guess. There are no springs anywhere near the summit of Larch. Would be nice, though! The spring I've found to be closest to a summit is on Silver Star and it is about 300 vertical feet below the summit.Peabody wrote:I love the old Oregonian articles. You never know if the interviewee or the reporter that's making stuff up.
I call B.S.
"Members of the club say they will open up a spring of ice-cold water at the very summit of Larch Mountain"
Is it even possible to have a spring at the very summit of a mountain? Side, yes. Bottom, yes. Top, I don't think so.
Those old articles were great, though. Lots to be found there but some have to be taken with a grain of salt.
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Re: Angel's Rest to Larch Summit Trail in 1920
There's that one near the summit of Devil's Peak, too. Also nearly 300' below?Don Nelsen wrote:In a word, no! Editorial license, I guess. There are no springs anywhere near the summit of Larch. Would be nice, though! The spring I've found to be closest to a summit is on Silver Star and it is about 300 vertical feet below the summit.Peabody wrote:I love the old Oregonian articles. You never know if the interviewee or the reporter that's making stuff up.
I call B.S.
"Members of the club say they will open up a spring of ice-cold water at the very summit of Larch Mountain"
Is it even possible to have a spring at the very summit of a mountain? Side, yes. Bottom, yes. Top, I don't think so.
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Re: Angel's Rest to Larch Summit Trail in 1920
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Re: Angel's Rest to Larch Summit Trail in 1920
Not exactly, but they knew that. I did some more digging. The plan was to install a pump 500 feet from the summit and pump the water up to a campground there from a spring or stream. This clip is from July 5, 1915. Looks like it never happened since they were still talking about it in 1920.Peabody wrote:I love the old Oregonian articles. You never know if the interviewee or the reporter that's making stuff up.
I call B.S.
"Members of the club say they will open up a spring of ice-cold water at the very summit of Larch Mountain"
Is it even possible to have a spring at the very summit of a mountain? Side, yes. Bottom, yes. Top, I don't think so.
Re: Angel's Rest to Larch Summit Trail in 1920
Ahhh. The inherent risk of calling B.S.aircooled wrote:Not exactly
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Re: Angel's Rest to Larch Summit Trail in 1920
Not at all. There's a big difference between a spring and a pump!Peabody wrote:Ahhh. The inherent risk of calling B.S.aircooled wrote:Not exactly
I spoke with the son of one of the old timers from those days yesterday and he says they would have taken water from a place called Spring Camp. It's the last water source on the trail, I believe the clearing (of sorts) where the forest road from Larch Mtn road meets the trail. He says people used to camp there at night, then summit the next morning.
Another tid bit - they used to have a phone on top of Larch Mtn, another at the Trails Club Lodge and a switchboard in Palmer. And I think one at Mult. Falls. Even after Palmer was gone, some engineer types kept the line going for a while.