Sword Fern Way

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Sugar Pine
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Sword Fern Way

Post by Sugar Pine » June 27th, 2022, 8:18 pm

Completed a lollipop loop of Bells Mountain trail and Sword Fern Way. The "loop" part of the hike was overgrown. Wished I'd worn pants instead of shorts, but it was too hot.
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Mt St Helens
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Flowers along ridge
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Never found a communications tower. Maybe it used to be here?
After the hike, we cooled off in the pool by Moulton Falls, along with hundreds of others.
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Sun bathers up and down the river. Not many in the river as it was really cold.

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Chip Down
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Re: Sword Fern Way

Post by Chip Down » June 28th, 2022, 4:53 am

Tweakers scrapped the tower?! :shock:
I haven't worn shorts in years. Mosquitoes, ticks, poison oak, sunburn, thorns, ugly legs...

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Don Nelsen
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Re: Sword Fern Way

Post by Don Nelsen » June 28th, 2022, 8:25 am

Sugar Pine wrote:
June 27th, 2022, 8:18 pm
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Interesting - I did the same hike on Jan. 21st and the tower was there. I think that was the highest point on the mountain and a good location, so it seems odd if it was relocated elsewhere. I wonder what's going on?

Jan 21:
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Re: Sword Fern Way

Post by Chip Down » November 17th, 2022, 5:48 pm

I can confirm the photo posted by Sugar Pine above is indeed the location where the tower used to be. I was up there today. Interesting that the site was rehabilitated (not a bunch of junk left behind, they took it all). In a couple years, the enigmatic dead-end spur road will be the only evidence there was ever any development here.

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