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CAMBA / NWTA Folks: Hood River County Forestry wants us to know about this closure in the forest due to logging operations. Details below, but basically you can't ride up 8 Track past The Boot. I'm sure they'll let us know when it reopens. If you've ever seen a log or boulder rolling down a hill you know why we should take this closure seriously and stay away until we get the "all clear" from Henry (the land manager).  --Arthur, CAMBA

This Lewis River Trail is one of my top ten favorite trails.  It is a “must do” ride every year.  The river views, old growth trees, and the flowing trail are amazing! 

The trail is open and clear with only one exception. There was a huge old growth cedar tree that recently fell across the trail (about 3.5 miles in).  You will need to climb over it until a team with a big chainsaw can cut through it.  Due to a month of constant rain and the spring melting, the wet sections are wet and streams & creeks crossing the trail were flowing high.  So expect to get your feet wet.  However the tread was in good shape and only muddy in a couple sections.   

A friendly reminder.

Kreps Ranch will be turning cows out on their property, known as Hospital Hill. The first

trucks will be there March 26, 2010. As posted

by gates there are NO Dogs allowed in the pasture from now until July--No Dogs even on leashes.

Please keep all gates closed. They are again posting NO Parking at the corral area on Spring Street/Barnedt Road. That is a county road, but the parking around that area is mostly on private property. The reason for posting the No Parking signs, Ranch trucks and trailers take a lot of

room to park and to turn around. The Ranch

owners will be down there off and on throughout the cows stay on Hospital Hill.

The cows are usually a bit scared when they first get to their new pasture. If you are up there, stop, let the cows wander off, this is their place. As most of us know, by the time Ranch gathers them they hardly notice a mountain bike or hiker. Be respectful, this is private property.

Attached is the NEW map of the Syncline area with the proposed trail changes and closures.