Objective: 5/1/19, find the road and fork that I couldn't find yesterday.
Ride Stats: 25.06 miles, ~ 1600 ft elevation gain.
Notes: Great success! I found the roads and fork that I couldn't find yesterday, by starting from the bottom of the road and ascending. As these roads seem to be rarely traveled, it made route finding challenging a few times. I initially cycled passed the fork, but realized this and turned around. The fork and road were not how I imagined. Very unique scenery along the way, where Sandwich Creek and South Fork Skookum Creeks, form pond filled with downed timber. The water was crystal clear. Very remote areas, wished I had a side arm.
These routes can connect several other rides into one or more other combinations, and takes you to Cook's Lake as well. One could easily (if you consider climbing up a creek drainage easy) make one mondo-ride that includes 4 different creek drainages and a lake.
Map: Red line = proposed route and actual route, with about 1 mile of back tracking. Blue line = ascended and descended
Ride Stats: 25.06 miles, ~ 1600 ft elevation gain.
Notes: Great success! I found the roads and fork that I couldn't find yesterday, by starting from the bottom of the road and ascending. As these roads seem to be rarely traveled, it made route finding challenging a few times. I initially cycled passed the fork, but realized this and turned around. The fork and road were not how I imagined. Very unique scenery along the way, where Sandwich Creek and South Fork Skookum Creeks, form pond filled with downed timber. The water was crystal clear. Very remote areas, wished I had a side arm.
These routes can connect several other rides into one or more other combinations, and takes you to Cook's Lake as well. One could easily (if you consider climbing up a creek drainage easy) make one mondo-ride that includes 4 different creek drainages and a lake.
Map: Red line = proposed route and actual route, with about 1 mile of back tracking. Blue line = ascended and descended
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| Still some snow. I was getting close to the fork at this point |
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| Looking up |
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| This is the fork. However, I didn't know that when I took the photo, as this road on the left wasn't on the map. |
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| Photos of the downed timber ponds on Cook's Creek. Tons of timber. |
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| This area is the transition from Sandwich Creek to the very headwaters of S Fork Skookum Creek. |
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| After two miles of back tracking, I got my shit together, and figured out that I missed the fork, and I thought I knew where it was. I put the stick marker there to mark where the fork is. Above my bike is the way I came in. To the right of my bike ascends to the top of Cook's Creek and Sandwich Creek, and access to Cook's Lake, and also connects to the ride I did yesterday. Behind me, the trail ascends S Fork Skookum Creek |
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| Road up to Cooks Lake |
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| S Fork Skookum Creek, very close to it's headwaters. |
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| S Fork Skookum Creek |
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| Conks on a tree. They were all over this area. Must be perfect conditions for them? |
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| Ho-hum, more elk. Almost home, this herd is behind my house and across the creek about 1/8 mile. Note a Canadian goose guarding the herd. |
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