Anyone been in the Oregon Cascades Recreation Area recently?

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Anyone been in the Oregon Cascades Recreation Area recently?

Post by walrus » July 29th, 2021, 6:38 pm

Thinking about putting together a PCT/OST loop next week.

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Re: Anyone been in the Oregon Cascades Recreation Area recently?

Post by retired jerry » July 30th, 2021, 6:17 am

I've been watching forest fire smoke maps all summer. Smoke from southern oregon is overtaking central oregon cascades. Maybe it's just up above, not at ground level. I wonder if that would be a factor.

What is OST ?

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Re: Anyone been in the Oregon Cascades Recreation Area recently?

Post by walrus » July 30th, 2021, 7:23 pm

Yeah, for a while, it looked like smoke was drifting more east than north, but less so now, especially after the lightening last night. OST is the Old/Oregon Skyline Trail. It drops down to the lakes east of the cascade crest there and intersects with a variety of interesting-looking trails.

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Re: Anyone been in the Oregon Cascades Recreation Area recently?

Post by retired jerry » July 31st, 2021, 5:48 am

OST - ahhh... - I've eyed that before. that would make good loops, yeah, thanks

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