Deschutes River from Columbia Jan 2019
Posted: January 19th, 2019, 7:33 am
I spent several nights up Deschutes River. Even though the area has largely burned, you can still hike/bike/camp the same as before the fire although aesthetically different than pre fire
All four of those concrete outhouses are unaffected. The first one - you can see it's burned all around it but there are plenty of unburned green places where you could pitch a tent:
There are mile markers for about half the miles. This one (mile 1) was burned but laying on the ground. You can see how it's all burned around it, but green stuff growing back:
Sign at state park boundary:
Almost all sagebrush plants burned but many are sprouting back:
This looks green but it was all burned, green grass and stuff has grown back. Trees along river seem to be mostly okay but next spring should be interesting to see if they grow new leaves:
I just put my sleeping bag on the ground on a surviving green spot. Burned area all around:
They spread seed on the ground some places, must be a native grass:
Harris Homestead totally burned. Surviving timbers in a pile:
The structure next to Harris Homestead totally burned. There are a couple pieces of farm equipment that survived:
Those buildings to the south are totally burned. There was a bunch of stuff inside like barbed wire fence. They must have removed that before or after fire:
The water tower is totally burned. Only surviving is the rock pillar there was a sign on:
They must have gone through and cleaned up all those structures. Removed most of the stuff that didn't burn. Piled up unburned timbers. Actually, that was always a dilapidated ruined area so probably better now. Especially in a few years when stuff grows back.
That area was always pretty barren. Very rocky so few plants grew. You get expansive views though. The fire really didn't change much. I think that area periodically burns, so this is all natural. It'll be interesting to see how things grow back the next few years.
All four of those concrete outhouses are unaffected. The first one - you can see it's burned all around it but there are plenty of unburned green places where you could pitch a tent:
There are mile markers for about half the miles. This one (mile 1) was burned but laying on the ground. You can see how it's all burned around it, but green stuff growing back:
Sign at state park boundary:
Almost all sagebrush plants burned but many are sprouting back:
This looks green but it was all burned, green grass and stuff has grown back. Trees along river seem to be mostly okay but next spring should be interesting to see if they grow new leaves:
I just put my sleeping bag on the ground on a surviving green spot. Burned area all around:
They spread seed on the ground some places, must be a native grass:
Harris Homestead totally burned. Surviving timbers in a pile:
The structure next to Harris Homestead totally burned. There are a couple pieces of farm equipment that survived:
Those buildings to the south are totally burned. There was a bunch of stuff inside like barbed wire fence. They must have removed that before or after fire:
The water tower is totally burned. Only surviving is the rock pillar there was a sign on:
They must have gone through and cleaned up all those structures. Removed most of the stuff that didn't burn. Piled up unburned timbers. Actually, that was always a dilapidated ruined area so probably better now. Especially in a few years when stuff grows back.
That area was always pretty barren. Very rocky so few plants grew. You get expansive views though. The fire really didn't change much. I think that area periodically burns, so this is all natural. It'll be interesting to see how things grow back the next few years.