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Gary and I departed the Ruby Meadows Trail Head and drove to Loon Lake on the Willow Basket Trail. We had not been on the trail since the last forest fire, in 2007, and were surprised at the amount of timber that has been burned.
Gary and I departed the Ruby Meadows Trail Head and drove to Loon Lake on the Willow Basket Trail. We had not been on the trail since the last forest fire, in 2007, and were surprised at the amount of timber that has been burned.
At the beginning of the single track trail, we met five hikers who were lost and were attempting to return to the Chinook Campground. We gave them directions and they started back tracking to the the campground. They added about five miles to their hike by getting lost.
Arriving at Loon Lake we encountered three young dirt bikers who had passed us on the trail. One of them laid his bike down in Loon Creek and drowned it. They were busily engaged in trying to start it without much success. We offered advice.
Since we were pressed for time by having our horses to tend to back in camp and were also lazy, we didn't hike the several miles to the remains of the B-23 bomber that crash landed on the frozen lake in 1943. The log cabin where the bomber crew sheltered was burned by the last forest fire.
Leaving Loon Lake, we drove to the Secesh River and headed upstream along the river trail to the Chinook Campground. At the campground trail head, a couple were loading their horses in route to pack into Loon Lake for the weekend.
We returned to our trailer on the Warren Wagon Road through Secesh Meadows.
Tips:
Pay attention to trail markers and don't get lost.
Pay attention to trail markers and don't get lost.
Tags:
Ruby Meadows, Warren Wagon Road, Willow Basket Trail, Loon Lake, Secesh River, Chinook Trail Head, Chinook Campground, Secesh Meadows
Ruby Meadows, Warren Wagon Road, Willow Basket Trail, Loon Lake, Secesh River, Chinook Trail Head, Chinook Campground, Secesh Meadows
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