Middle Alder

We hiked up the Middle Alder trail for about 2 miles and 12 creek crossings. There are 13 crossings total. The sparkling objects in the stream are flecks of gold (probably fools gold) and are very pretty. Th whitish log up in the air is an Aspen with all of its bark eaten off by elk/deer last winter, some of the trees were skinned up even down to the smallest branches.

The blackened area is part of the prescribed burn completed by the Forest Service this Spring; they burn off the underbrush and dead stuff to prevent it from feeding a wildfire.

There were LOTS of trees down on the trail, we moved all of the smaller ones off but there are still about 20 trees still down that will take a chainsaw to clear. The stream has cut over into the trail in 3 different places for a total of almost 1/2 mile...

We will hike Thursday, meet at the Comm. Bldg. at 9AM, bring your lunch, water and a friend............

Dennis