Salmon Butte TH Moved

[Born2BBrad]

I’m not sure if this is the correct forum, but Salmon Butte trailhead has been moved. It used to be that you could drive the road all the way to where the trail meets the road. Now there is a concrete barrier and many berms beginning just up the road from where it crosses Salmon River. This adds 1.5 to 2 miles one way. I don’t know why the trailhead was moved. Maybe so the road wouldn’t have to be maintained.

[romann]

It's interesting if they allow to bike up this road to the old trailhead (should be unless they moved wilderness boundary). Maybe the way to beat the crowds.

I wish they moved Multnomah trailhead two miles away somehow

[Charley]

That's too bad. It'd be one thing if the trail was just longer, but instead, now we have to walk a mile and half up a boring road in a regrown clearcut just to get to the trailhead.

@Romann- second that motion!

[BigBear]

The roaad had a significant gap in the roadbed last year which was too much for passenger cars. Most likely USFS doesn't have the money to maintain this road. Incidently, the old trailhead parking area used to be in the meadow near the trailhead. What meadow? Well, that is a question that answers itself as to why the parking area was moved back to the main road.