August & September 2024 work log

Looking for a hike on a trail that's in good shape this fall?

Maybe you want a day hike in the heart of Oregon's Wild Rivers Area or to check out the fall colors in the Sky Lakes. Find a trail from our August & September work log below, and expand your search with every trail we've maintained since 01/01/2023. Get the maps, brush up on your Leave No Trace principles, and GO! 

Fall staff crew on the Elk Lake Creek Trail, Mt. Hood National Forest. Photo by Nick Hodges

York Butte
Tucked away in a remote pocket of the Wild Rivers Ranger District, the one-mile-long trail climbs to a 4,200+ foot peak with knockout views of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, coast range, and surrounding mountains.

View from York Butte. Photo by Nick Hodges



It's in pristine shape after the fall staff crew spent several days there. Pick up the Wild Rivers District map and head out. 

Bull of the Woods

 

Go check out the Elk Lake Creek Trail that we worked on with the Mt. Hood National Forest.




But check out the map and go now because
more logs will fall this winter in this burn area. 

 

Elk Lake, Bull of the Woods Wilderness. Photo by Nick Hodges

Visit the south Kalmiopsis
Take a fall foray into Oregon's third largest wilderness and visit Oregon's largest un-dammed waterway, the Wild & Scenic Chetco River. Read more about the Kalmiopsis, pick up the map, and follow our August & September work log, as well as other trails recently worked.




Read more about the partners
and the work going into the Sky Lakes and head out. 

BEFORE


AFTER

Before-and-after by Ryan Debreceni

Rogue River Trail

The 40-mile national recreation trail can be a real zoo in the spring, but by fall most of the crowds have died down and the trail is in great shape after a small SMC crew recently cleaned up a landslide just upstream of the Rogue River Ranch. 

 

Start Date End Date Unit Trail: Trail Name Trail: Trail Number Section Name
7/30/2024 8/6/2024 Mount Hood National Forest Elk Lake Creek Trail 559 Trailhead to (44.853379, -122.053591)
7/30/2024 8/6/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Bailey Mountain 1109 Bailey Mountain Traill #1109 near Slide Creek
7/30/2024 8/6/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Upper Chetco 1102 Upper Chetco near Slide Creek
7/30/2024 8/6/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Kalmiopsis Rim 1124 Kalmiopsis Rim Central #1124
8/10/2024 8/11/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Steve Fork 905 Mile .25 to junction
8/11/2024 8/18/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Tincup 1117 Tincup Creek to Historic #1117
8/11/2024 8/18/2024 Klamath National Forest Wooley Creek 5558 Wooley Creek Junction to 1/2 Mile Before Anthony Milne Camp
8/11/2024 8/18/2024 Klamath National Forest Marble Rim/ Haypress Loop   Marble Rim/Haypress Trail Loop to Rainy Lake
8/23/2024 8/30/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail 2000 Devils Peak to Crater Lake National Park Boundary
8/23/2024 8/30/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Sevenmile Marsh 3703 Sevenmile marsh trailhead to PCT
8/23/2024 8/30/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Seven Lakes 981 SevenLakes to Alta Lake Junction
8/23/2024 8/30/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Devils Peak Trail 984 Devils Peak to Sevenmile
8/23/2024 8/30/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Seven Lakes 981 Alta Lake Campsite to PCT
8/23/2024 8/30/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Cliff Lake Trail 983 Cliff lake Trail to PCT
8/24/2024 8/25/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Fir Glade 955 Phantom Meadows jct. headed south
9/6/2024 9/13/2024 Mount Hood National Forest Elk Lake Creek Trail 559 End of previous work (44.853379, -122.053591) to Trailhead
9/17/2024 9/17/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Rogue Umpqua Divide 1470 Trailhead to wilderness boundary
9/19/2024 9/21/2024 Medford BLM Rogue River National Rec Trail 1160 Rogue River Trail Landslide upstream of Rogue River Ranch
9/19/2024 9/24/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail 2000 #984 Devils Peak Jct to #3762 Sky Lakes Jct
9/19/2024 9/24/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail 2000 #3762 Sky Lakes Jct to #3716 Mt. Mcloughlin Jct
9/28/2024 9/30/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest York Butte 1140 York Butte TH to top of York Butte
9/28/2024 9/30/2024 Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest Illinois River 1161 Illinois River Trail (

 

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