+Criminal Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 The Duckabush trail is still closed due to last year's fire. They don't expect it open until the end of the summer. They just closed the Mt Ellinore Trail due to aggressive goats. Olympic National Forest has closed a trail near Hoodsport for two weeks because of aggressive mountain goats. The forest says there were several encounters this week with aggressive goats on the Mount Ellinor Trail, 18 miles northwest of Hoodsport. The trail will be monitored, but there are no plans now to kill the animals. "Nobody has been hurt by the goats. But a number of people have felt threatened" SNIP Violating the closure order could bring a maximum penalty of a $5,000 fine and six months in jail. Six months in jail and you'll miss the whole summer. Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 The Duckabush trail is still closed due to last year's fire. They don't expect it open until the end of the summer. They just closed the Mt Ellinore Trail due to aggressive goats. Olympic National Forest has closed a trail near Hoodsport for two weeks because of aggressive mountain goats. The forest says there were several encounters this week with aggressive goats on the Mount Ellinor Trail, 18 miles northwest of Hoodsport. The trail will be monitored, but there are no plans now to kill the animals. "Nobody has been hurt by the goats. But a number of people have felt threatened" SNIP Violating the closure order could bring a maximum penalty of a $5,000 fine and six months in jail. Six months in jail and you'll miss the whole summer. That's quite a penalty for feeling threatened by goats. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 We had a problem with a fire in a butcher shop in West New York. Some goats escaped and were running up and down Bergenline Avenue. Eventually, they were captured. The police wanted to return them to the butcher shop, but ASPCA said they should be sent to a safe haven. Maybe this is where they were sent! Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 Ironman114 sends: Apparently, Klone Lakes is hard to find for some people. Jim Walton, 68, and his 47-year-old son, Art, were hiking to Klone Lake for the day Tuesday. They realized they were lost. The two attempted to call for help with their partial cell service, and to report they were lost. Quote Link to comment
+WeightMan Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 We had a problem with a fire in a butcher shop in West New York. Some goats escaped and were running up and down Bergenline Avenue. Eventually, they were captured. The police wanted to return them to the butcher shop, but ASPCA said they should be sent to a safe haven. Maybe this is where they were sent! This kind of goat? Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (edited) Nope. More like these cabritos. Oh, well. Edited July 6, 2012 by Harry Dolphin Quote Link to comment
+CACHE KRAWLER Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Doesn't anybody carry a sidearm anymore when they go out? It is an absolute force multiplier, espescially when it comes to ballsy Mountain Goats on a roid rage. I'm surprised that WA doesn't shut down all the forests, I've heard that Bigfoot isn't really friendly either and smells something fierce. Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Doesn't anybody carry a sidearm anymore when they go out? It is an absolute force multiplier, espescially when it comes to ballsy Mountain Goats on a roid rage. I'm surprised that WA doesn't shut down all the forests, I've heard that Bigfoot isn't really friendly either and smells something fierce. I've heard that Bigfoot now wears a bullet proof vest. Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Ironman114 sends: Apparently, Klone Lakes is hard to find for some people. Jim Walton, 68, and his 47-year-old son, Art, were hiking to Klone Lake for the day Tuesday. They realized they were lost. The two attempted to call for help with their partial cell service, and to report they were lost. I wonder if the father was on the same stretch of trail we were..."the father was in a position where crews could not reach him." Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Ironman114 sends: Apparently, Klone Lakes is hard to find for some people. Jim Walton, 68, and his 47-year-old son, Art, were hiking to Klone Lake for the day Tuesday. They realized they were lost. The two attempted to call for help with their partial cell service, and to report they were lost. I wonder if the father was on the same stretch of trail we were..."the father was in a position where crews could not reach him." I got the impression from the article that they didn't use the trail, but went in cross-country from some other point. It would be pretty hard to get lost using the trail. Falling off the trail is another story altogether. Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) The word on the trails is that Duckabush is open to hikers. I'm planning to head up this weekend to check the cache. Short drive for me, not so much for most. I'm planning to drive in the night before and hit the trail at sun-up. Day TBD. Edited July 24, 2012 by Criminal Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 (edited) The cache did not survive the fire. Details on the cache page. This is all that was left. The container was completely gone, and all of the contents except for these: Edited July 28, 2012 by Criminal Quote Link to comment
+AndrewRJ Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 too bad it had to be archived. It was a great hike and cache. Quote Link to comment
+lamoracke Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 seems strange you'd do a "needs archived" on it as you seem to be the part owner of the cache....think you'd just archive it, but ah well, am sure you have your reasons. Nice pictures of the contents, always interesting to see what survives a fire and what does not. In theory you could still replace it, but perhaps its not the same anymore to you. Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 seems strange you'd do a "needs archived" on it as you seem to be the part owner of the cache....think you'd just archive it, but ah well, am sure you have your reasons. Nice pictures of the contents, always interesting to see what survives a fire and what does not. In theory you could still replace it, but perhaps its not the same anymore to you. Strange? I'm the original owner, not the current owner. The archive request is all I can do. There is a sign posted at the trailhead that specifically prohibits geocaches- even has the geocache symbol with a red slash through it. It is very doubtful they would grant permission given their request that hikers stay on the trail. I'm surprised you weren't able to read that in the log. Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 too bad it had to be archived. It was a great hike and cache. +1. Hard to believe the fire so fiercely on that rock, but apparently it did. Love the fireweed photo. November 2008: July 2012: Quote Link to comment
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