Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Backcountry Hunting => Topic started by: netcoyote on July 29, 2014, 11:16:38 AM
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Anybody been up FS 1207 out of Clear Lake (off of Hwy 12 east of White Pass)? I found some info online that may be outdated but it mentions that there is a bridge out somewhere on this road on the way to Scatter Creek trailhead.
Anybody been up there recently that could give current info?
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I asked this same question to a forest service person and was told that they are planning on working on writing a grant proposal to get the bridge replaced as early as in the winter. Other projects came first. This bridge is not a high priority to and is towards the bottom of the list on the whole forest for even looking at getting flood money, so money has to come elsewhere for it.
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Wasn't the Scatter lake and creek area taken by the fire anyway. Unless there's another Scatter lake and creek. I'm pretty sure by looking at the map of the fire area, the whole area was wiped out.
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different scatter creek
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I used the road twice last September on my way to McCall Basin. The road is blocked right near where 1207 leaves the road that rounds Clear Lake. The bridge is intact (don't know if it was wiped out and rebuilt/repaired or never wiped out, just weakened). The road surface past the road block is very good for hiking or riding (horses or bikes). The road is fairly level all the way to the end where there is a developed campground with a toilet. Its about 5 miles, if memory serves, from the road block to the end of 1207.
I've been told that there was some conversation about not fixing the bridge, which makes sense to me since the road is really an incursion into the wilderness for about half of its length past Clear Lake. I'd be fine with parking at the road block and hiking in the rest of the way, though, using the bike was much faster. If they just didn't fix the bridge and also did not change the wilderness boundary, then biking down the road would still be permitted.
