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Its open as far as I am concerned I went up thru gnat flat, tamarack springs and to the top of Quartz on Sept. 10. You will have to turn down the old coal bunker rd thru buck meadows to go anywhere else. I looked at the wash out areas and there are none. They set some Jersey barriers of to block a small 5 to 8" wide hole X width of the road just past tamarack springs, I can't believe they did this. Griz231 is right political BS and stupid managers in the foreset service who are yuppies. I don't know why the forest service doesn't just ask some hunters and campers to help out with the roads and donate some time and money to fix it when really its not that big of a deal. The road is no worse than before, it is BS they closed them (taneum side).My hunting buddy lives in ellensburg, he said he went to the meeting over their on the taneum rd condition in Aug. The manager for the forest service was their pleading her case of why its shut down. I guess the locals just chewed her butt apart. She said that if a Honda civic cannot go up the rd then they shut it down, total BS. Time for some new managers in the forest service.The south side coming thru buck meadows is shut down.
I talked to a wildlife officer while up early archery hunting. He said someone illegally pulled the barricades on the 3330. So it is still closed, but people are just using it.
Quote from: DuckDr.Duke on October 07, 2011, 11:40:56 AMIts open as far as I am concerned I went up thru gnat flat, tamarack springs and to the top of Quartz on Sept. 10. You will have to turn down the old coal bunker rd thru buck meadows to go anywhere else. I looked at the wash out areas and there are none. They set some Jersey barriers of to block a small 5 to 8" wide hole X width of the road just past tamarack springs, I can't believe they did this. Griz231 is right political BS and stupid managers in the foreset service who are yuppies. I don't know why the forest service doesn't just ask some hunters and campers to help out with the roads and donate some time and money to fix it when really its not that big of a deal. The road is no worse than before, it is BS they closed them (taneum side).My hunting buddy lives in ellensburg, he said he went to the meeting over their on the taneum rd condition in Aug. The manager for the forest service was their pleading her case of why its shut down. I guess the locals just chewed her butt apart. She said that if a Honda civic cannot go up the rd then they shut it down, total BS. Time for some new managers in the forest service.The south side coming thru buck meadows is shut down.There was a guy in the camp down from us by Frost mtn with a honda civic. lowered, loud can pipe and all. one of our huntin buddies brought the family subaru too.I would say the road was just fine. Nice try!!
mtndew-No new website info from what I know. But some hunters during the labor day weekend decided enough was enough and moved the barricade at the taneum junction at the bottom before heading up to the top of gooseberry and tamarack springs. I also talked to a guy that I know was archery hunting around Frost and he said some hunters took the initiative to fix the rough spots in the road. Yeah rough spots, that's it. There is barricade right after you go thru the tamarack springs and I cant believe the forest service even put the road block their in the first place, its a small trench that could be filled in with about 2 yds of gravel. They (forest circus) likely spent more time and money blocking the road then even trying to fix them. The main complaint is the fact they have no money for an emergency road (fix). What the heck happen to all the stimulus money that Obama dulled out? All they really need to do on the taneum is get a grader in their. But the south going out thru buck meadows will be a challenge, it likely will need a whole new rd in areas. Time for some new forest managers who know what they are doing.
