Trail Talk2020-09-30T14:15:28-07:00

Trail Talk

OUR WANDERING FEET – by Clayton Gillette

Trail Talk – March 2024

SPRING IS IN THE AIR and winter’s wandering thoughts of last year’s memorable hikes will soon to be replaced by the new stories our wandering feet will create along nearby trails. […]

OUR WOODLAND LANDSCAPES – by Clayton Gillette

Trail Talk – February 2024

THERE’S BEEN SOME CHANGES to our woodland landscapes near Jacksonville. A couple of major fuels reduction projects have rendered our nearby hillsides more open, and hopefully, less prone to catastrophic wildland […]

Respect Trail Closures – by Clayton Gillette

Trail Talk – Dec 2023/Jan 2024

As this is written, our Grayback Forestry crews continue the fuels reduction work in Forest Park. The contracted work will continue well into the winter, and visitors to the park […]

Forest Park Trail Closures for Controlled Burning

Forest Park Fuels Reduction Updates

December 6, 2023—Greyback crews are continuing with cutting, handpiling, and burning in Forest Park. We are currently able to open Rail, Siskiyou, Pipsissewa, and Eastern Halls of Manzanita Trails. The Siskiyou […]

Burning to Save Woodlands – by Clayton Gillette

Trail Talk – November 2023

The Douglas firs are dying. Numerous articles in a variety of publications have covered this phenomenon and, sadly, our local woodlands are no exception. Forecasts of 80% mortality of large firs […]

Trail Downsizing – by Clayton Gillette

Trail Talk – October 2023

Onion Springs Trail. Wickiup Trail. Hemlock Lake. The Oregon Skyline Trail from Devil’s Peak Saddle to Sky Lakes. Puck Lakes Trail. Solace Cow Camp. Gopher Ridge to Lake Ivern to Ranger […]

Subtle Seasonal Shift – by Clayton Gillette

Trail Talk – September 2023

The cooler weather that’s promised to us every summer should be somewhere below the horizon. We can only hope. Maybe it shows the age of your correspondent, but our summers seem […]

Enjoy the View – by Clayton Gillette

Trail Talk – August 2023

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing views.” ~ E. Abbey

Our general impression of views is that they are for looking far and wide. Vistas […]

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