Old Settler Access Blocked

[tlinn]

Just a heads up to anyone thinking of heading into the Old Settler. We drove up there on Sunday hoping to get up to Daiphy Lake and do the approach as suggested in Alpine Select but found that Talc Creek road was blocked by a log that had been placed by a faller buncher. We talked to the caretaker and he was not at all helpful in letting us get in there. He was not very friendly or helpful and only suggested that we speak to someone at the head office to get a key. I'm not sure why he suggested getting a key because that still won't help you much if they continue to place the log to block the road. The crews are working in there between 6am and 4pm so you can drive in then, but who knows where they are working on the road and if the crews would even let you get by...he didn't say if they were logging right on the main road or if they were logging on some other cuts.

 

Kind of a bummer. Instead we did Yak Check. It was dry, but the weather the last couple of days probably didn't help much.

 

good luck,

Ty

[northvanclimber]

Thanks for the heads up! The old settler was on my list of places to climb this summer...

[G-spotter]

They'll probably be done in a week or two.

Call Lakeside

 

You should pretty much always call the office before you spend 2 hours driving up there.

[jordop]

tlinn said:

We talked to the caretaker and he was not at all helpful in letting us get in there. He was not very friendly or helpful and only suggested that we speak to someone at the head office to get a key. I'm not sure why he suggested getting a key because that still won't help you much if they continue to place the log to block the road.

 

 

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Edited June 4, 2021 by jordop

[jmace]

Rotting beef..shit ya it was bad

 

anyways i did the settler from van in a day and walked from the gate so suck it up

 

the fallers shut the machines down and let me walk by you should have no problem

 

good luck