hanman Posted April 30, 2012 Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) I have some (rare) good news re the approach road to Exfo, Blueberry, 3:00, and Green Giant. The 1.9 mile marker slide blew out twice this winter, the second one apparently filled in the cut from the first. It shouldn't take much to grade the result back to a driveable crossing. The big worry was the large slide in at mile 4.?. A friend walked up there yesterday and took some photos. Looks as though the handwork we did last fall was a success. The huge culvert which was 100% plugged previously has now scrubbed itself out and is a clear path (WOW!). The erosion on the east side of the road appears to not be any worse, so should be passable if the 1st washout is graded. Pre fall 2011 condition After the clearing out and a good push from Jumbo Mtn water 1.9 mile washout filled back in for the most part Typical logging start to the season...Guess I will sharpen the old saw up M. Hanna Edited April 30, 2012 by hanman Quote
Riley81 Posted April 30, 2012 Posted April 30, 2012 Un f-ing believable man! I am so glad we went up there and did that. I had so little hope for a good conclusion from the work we did but it paid off in spades! Hopefully they get that first washout repaired soon so we can finish what we started. Quote
Tyson.g Posted April 30, 2012 Posted April 30, 2012 Right on guys! Good news indeed! Thanks Mark and co. Riley - PM me I would like to get in contact. Cheers, Tyson Quote
benmurphy Posted April 30, 2012 Posted April 30, 2012 Nice! Can't wait to get back out on all that beautiful granite! Quote
mountainsloth Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 great news! i had visions of a clear creek free summer. glad that might not be the case. work party? Quote
curtveld Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 FS had a road crew up there yesterday and now it's pretty much back to full drivability! Pretty bumpy for a Prius, but about as good as it's been in recent years. Thanks are clearly in order to FS road manager Jim Mitchell (jbmitchell@fs.fed.us), who once again 'pulled the rabbit out of the hat'. Given the challenges of dealing with widely scattered road damage with very limited $, Jim finds a way to come through for us. Quote
hanman Posted May 25, 2012 Author Posted May 25, 2012 Excellent news, might have to get up there this weekend myself- Thanks for the update Curt, and big thumbs up to Mr Mitchell and crew!!! MH Quote
Off_White Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 I just sent Mr. Mitchell a thank you note, I'm looking forward to spending a little time up there this year. Quote
curtveld Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 Starting to feel like D-town season is approaching! Anybody been scouting up the Clear Creek road? Road conditions? Snow? Paging Mr. Hanman... Quote
hanman Posted March 28, 2013 Author Posted March 28, 2013 Crazy thing- It's been 76 degrees and sunny for several months up there, and they recently paved all the way in with a magical avy resistant polymer concrete. Where have you guys been? (emerging from dream state) ........ Uh yeah, I'll head up this weekend to discover what mommy nature has delivered this season, fingers crossed MH Quote
robertm Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) I was up there on March 9th and climbed The Kone -- maybe one of the few winter ascents :-) . We had to stop the low clearance car due to snow about 4 miles from the trailhead up to 3 O'clock rock. (there was about 3 feet of snow on the road) The rock was bare and dry once we got to it... it has been a few weeks so I am sure that you could drive much further in now... maybe to the TH. From what we could see of the road it looked good. There were a couple of smallish trees across the road 3 miles in that could be taken care of with a Ax. All Culverts looked good. Edited March 28, 2013 by robertm Quote
curtveld Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 I was up there on March 9th and climbed The Kone Dayum, good for you! Plenty of needles on the bolts I reckon. I know it has rained and snowed up there since, but I'm guessing the rock melts/dries quickly in this weather. Sounds like some post-holing is to be expected getting up to 3OC Rock. Quote
DavidW Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 ewwwww! Forest road 2060 is so... last century! Quote
hanman Posted April 22, 2013 Author Posted April 22, 2013 Sad to say Clear Creek Rd is currently closed about 2.5 miles in where several boulders fell out of the roadcut. 10-15 tons each likely by my guess... In better news, FS 49 is fully open to the climbers camp. Spring Mtn Crags would be quite nice Tues or Wednesday Wish I didn't have to work. M. Hanna Quote
mountainsloth Posted April 23, 2013 Posted April 23, 2013 Excellent to hear about Spring, sad about Clear Creek. Any news on how squire creek wall is looking? I assume it is WAY to early for that big mama-jama. Quote
hanman Posted May 1, 2013 Author Posted May 1, 2013 Probably a bit early for Squire Creek wall due to approach hazards. I did send an email to Mr Mitchell of the FS about 2060 block. Spring Mtn is real nice right now- MH Quote
Hulk Posted June 6, 2013 Posted June 6, 2013 Those 10 to 15 ton boulders blocking clear creek road have been removed with a couple of 20 ton bottle jacks and a heavy duty chain hoist. Quote
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