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| daffish Member  Joined: 16 Sep 2009 |
Ribbet ribbet ribbet, I croaked as I went up Frog Mountain in the Wild Sky Wilderness this sunny day. Frog Mtn is not very distinctive moss garden on old road bed road is getting overgrown new leaves the summit of Frog Mtn comes into view the southern meadowy slopes of Frog obelisk on Frog Mtn snow at instrumentation A pipe runs true North/South thru the top snowy summit of Frog Mtn Beckler River Valley the SE ridge peaks from the top Kyes and Sloan Glacier Peak south to Eagle Rock with Mt Rainier in background on the snowy summit heading down with Jack Pass far below Alders crowding the road "Be moderate in everything, including moderation" Horace Porter "Be moderate in everything, including moderation" Horace Porter | |||||
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| Riverside Laker Member Joined: 12 Jan 2004 |
A ribbeting report as usual. But why didn't you go up on Toadsday, using tadpoles instead of hiking poles? | |||||
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| ree Member Joined: 29 Jun 2004 |
I like the obelisk marking the solstice and equinox. Such angles on it amplify alien energy. I hope it did not interfere with your cerebral energy. | |||||
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| lopper off-route Joined: 22 Jan 2002 |
Thanks for posting the Frog Mtn Report. There were Snow Frogs there in 1983 Frog idolatry | |||||
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| Schroder Member Joined: 26 Oct 2007 |
No remnants of an old trail? This was one of my first hikes - from Garland in about 1963. | |||||
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| daffish Member Joined: 16 Sep 2009 |
This raises a lot of questions. There used to be a trail to the top? I found a few cut logs and faint tread right on the sharp ridge before the final part up to the summit but naively connected it with the radio repeater being there or just the usual ridgeline goat path. Why would there be a trail going up there? Was it a lookout location? And was there anything at the top in 1963? "Be moderate in everything, including moderation" Horace Porter "Be moderate in everything, including moderation" Horace Porter | |||||
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| Schroder Member Joined: 26 Oct 2007 |
There was never a lookout as far as I know - just good views. The old trail up from Garland, before all the logging on the north side of Jacks Pass, had the largest timber I remember ever seeing. It was like going up the High Divide in the Olympics - huge trees below opening up to large meadows above. | |||||
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| lopper off-route Joined: 22 Jan 2002 |
Shroder -- I enjoyed hearing about your circa 1963 hike from Garland to Frog Mtn. Here is part of the 1935 Snoq NF map. Looks like a trail. Wouldn't it be great to still have the mammoth trees? The question now is: Who is/was Pat Cox? (go to large size image) The dotted line with the alternating black half-circles is "Telephone line" per the map legend. From USDA 1935 S.N.F map | |||||
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| Kim Brown Member Joined: 13 Jul 2009 |
Pat Cox was a USFS employee whose own hand-built cabin was swept away in a 1920 flood. This map shows the Pat Cox "Lean-to," a cabin built by the Forest Service - I assume Mr. Cox lived in it during his USFS gig. The Pat Cox Lean To was a good way-stop for people journeying farther into the mountains, hence it's place on the map. "..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area." Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert "..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area." Bosterson, NWHiker's marketing expert | |||||
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