Mt. Adams Wilderness

[Waycott15]

After hunting the Winston unit for the last 6 years and having luck it has been on quite the decline and I have no interest in paying Weyerhaeuser $300. So my buddy and I are headed to Mt. Adams wilderness area. I hunted there in 2008 and missed a a cow. I was just curious what the elk numbers are like down there since its been a while for me. We will be doing archery.

[elksnout]

Numbers are depressed. Elk still there but plan on putting miles and lots of effort to find elk. Awesome country. More guys hunt it than you might think.

[Waycott15]

Thanks for the heads up

[KDB]

Certainly gets a lot of pressure in places. It is a small Wilderness area. In most areas it is only about 5 miles from the roads to timberline. Also remember that the east side is on the Yakama Indian Reservation.

[BUTTER]

Keep in mind with the 23 road from Randel being closed for the ente year It will take you 7-8 hours from Bellingham to get up there. If I was in your shoes if be looking at Idaho for archery that's where I'll be

[Waycott15]

Thanks for that info. We are also researching Idaho as well.

[trophyhunt]

Certainly gets a lot of pressure in places. It is a small Wilderness area. In most areas it is only about 5 miles from the roads to timberline. Also remember that the east side is on the Yakama Indian Reservation.

i heard its good hunting on the yakama Rez!!! Let's go!

[Waycott15]

Done I'm in

[dreamingbig]

Big fire in the wilderness last year.  Depending on how hot it burned it could be some good feed this year.


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[logger]

23 is going to be closed atleast 2-3 years, federal highways are involved now.

[Waycott15]

What do you mean by federal highways involved?

[BUTTER]

Last year's fire wasn't in the wilderness it was on the Rez.

[Jason]

Last year's fire wasn't in the wilderness it was on the Rez.

It wasn't just on the Rez, it made it past the Gotchen Creek cabin.

[logger]

What do you mean by federal highways involved?

    rumor is the federal highway commision is taking it over, which is good because they will move to get repairs done faster than the forest service.

[Skyvalhunter]

That's not necessarily the case. I know the USFS has brought in the federal highway commission on a lot of their roads that washed out for the purpose of getting their advice on how to fix the problem. They are more experienced and deal with these issues a lot.

[Waycott15]

So is 23 rd for sure shut down right now?

[Skywagon_185]

The 23 damage occured on the Cispus side.  I'm sure it's still closed by snow in the high country and Baby Shoe Pass.  I think it's going to be open from the south to at least the 2329 (Takhlakh Lake road) .  That would give access from the north via  the Johnson Creek road, Packwood area from the north.  Last years burn was mostly on the rez but I'd say 60% of the wilderness has burned since '08.  Counted 20+ rigs at the Crofton trailhead last year on opening day of modern.

[Waycott15]

Cool thanks

[dreamingbig]

There was more than one fire last year.  Some of the wilderness did burn unless the map is lying. 😊


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[netcoyote]

That's not necessarily the case. I know the USFS has brought in the federal highway commission on a lot of their roads that washed out for the purpose of getting their advice on how to fix the problem. They are more experienced and deal with these issues a lot.

If it's the area I'm thinking about, it seems like it was pretty evident that the river was going to take out the road eventually without some human intervention. A few truck loads of large rock for fill may have diverted the channel enough to prevent this. Does anyone have any more details? Am I missing something?

[spin05]

In my opinion taking the FS90 road is faster and easier anyway.

[Thehowler]

The state was up there monitoring it before it was washed out.

[BIGDOG253]

My buddy and I hunted there last year and had a tough time finding the elk. We had a few trail cameras set up there starting in May and had tons a smaller bulls and a few decent sized bulls on the cameras. Then the fire hit that area pretty hard so we couldn't get back up there to scout until hunting season. We hunted all around but never could get into any elk. There were tons of hunters in the area, but we did run into a group that was able to get a cow. Great country to hunt, just need to get away from the crowds.

[netcoyote]

The state was up there monitoring it before it was washed out.

That "monitoring" worked out pretty good, didn't it? Sorta like the bank monitior:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZK01lEepc8