Washington Trails Association

Don't get the whole fee-free on 11th. Why couldn't they do that on weekend?

I LOVE this hike. Heather Lake beats up Lake 22 and steals its lunch money every time.

@Tommy; I hear rumor that the LO at Pilchuck has been damaged, or vandalized or weather damaged...It's been probably 10 years since I've been there.... what is it's condition?

I think you want this: http://www.americanalps.org/mapgallery/index.htm

Thanks Dan.

I'd forgotten just how crappy and confusing the map is.

Jeff, we'll let you know details about where to get a DVD soon.

It sounds amazing and would thoroughly enjoy it, but most full time college students can't just make plans off the tip of their hat. Thank you and I look forward to hearing back!

Tracey, I am with you! Grateful to be in the Northwest now.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

Thank you WTA!

This drainage, along with the Big Quil, have been my local stomping grounds since the early '80s when I worked for the USFS on fire/slash burn crews. We use to call the steep hillsides along lower Tunnel Creek "the Tunnel Vertical Units". I was on one of those units, packing a fire suppression pump, when St Helens blew - which left a sea of ... Read Moresummer USFS workers bewildered thinking someone was shooting off gigantic firecreackers in the Dose drainage next door.
It is indeed a very nice hike though definately on the back burner of attention these days. There was a time when we used to use Tunnel Creek to climb Mt Constance (avoiding the wicked Lake Trail), but this is probably discouraged now as bootlegging. Someday though, maybe we can extend the Tunnel Creek Trail down to near the Lower Big Quilcene Trailhead - during the next Renaissance of the USFS. I helped pack out a WTA Rapid Response Team last year from the TC shelter - thanks to all the hard work by these folks!!!!

Oh no, I recommend WTA follow the Dosewallips Road model and protest the road re-build. Geologic processes will wipe our all roads ultimately. That means close the road forever. That is the precident set on the Dose. Or maybe WTA ought to revisit the facts on the Dosewallips Road rather than hang its stance on an unsupported and substantively ... Read Moreirrelevant NMFS letter. Its only a matter of time before the Fed fish folks make some unsubstantiated blaknet statement like "road never should have been built" that WTA falls for hook, line and sinker. As far as road access is concerned, WTA is an inconsistent advocate.

Bill, if what you are saying is true, then with a broken heart I would support the closure. Of course, I would selfishly prefer to have Icicle Creek open for all my enjoyment but there is a bigger picture. We should take into consideration what is best for the land. Maybe we could find a happy medium?