1939 Taylor Burn Guard Station
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:45 pm
So I know it's kinda hard for the PDX folks to get out this way, but I was thinking this could be a cool adventure. The guard station is about 5 miles north of Waldo Lake. Waldo Lake is incredible, if you've never been there. Huge and crystal clear lake at 6000'. There are only three road access points on the lake and the rest is surrounded in Wilderness.
Starting from the North Shore Campground, FS 517 heads through the huge 1996 burn area. It was a big, hot fire, that left just about nothing but bleached snags for as far as the eye can see, with new life and color filling in the ground. It's high clearance/4x4 only, but we are intrepid bus pilots, veterans of the Abbot Road and other unmaintained forest byways. The guard station has a cabin, likely locked, but is surrounded by campsites. And I'm sure even if we couldn't make it all the way out, there must be good sites along the way, and maybe just a hike in one day.
I plan on trying to make it out sometime soon to check it out.
Starting from the North Shore Campground, FS 517 heads through the huge 1996 burn area. It was a big, hot fire, that left just about nothing but bleached snags for as far as the eye can see, with new life and color filling in the ground. It's high clearance/4x4 only, but we are intrepid bus pilots, veterans of the Abbot Road and other unmaintained forest byways. The guard station has a cabin, likely locked, but is surrounded by campsites. And I'm sure even if we couldn't make it all the way out, there must be good sites along the way, and maybe just a hike in one day.
I plan on trying to make it out sometime soon to check it out.