Tarbell/Larch Mt ride report

I rode from Rock Creek CG up to the top of Larch Mt this afternoon. I'm sorry to report that it looks like a major logging operation will be underway very soon on Larch Mt. As I was riding up the trail I noted many new timber sale and boundary markers attached to or painted on to trees alongside the trail. At somewhere between mile markers 14 and 15 a new logging road has been built. The new road crosses over the trail in two spots. At the second crossing the road appears to have been built right over the top of the trail for aprox. 1/3 mile. There were no signs indicating where the trail continues, so I rode up to the end of the road and found the remainder of the trail. I rode up to the top of the trail and then turned around. Other than the new logging road, the Larch Mt. section of the Tarbell was in great shape.

I wanted to ride the Tarbell trail from the Rock Creek CG in a clockwise (north) direction, but when I encountered about 2 dozen equestrians coming down the trail, I abandoned that idea. It had rained there recently, and I could just just imagine how hammered the trail surface would be after a couple dozen horseys had been on them. Not to mention having to dodge the numerous poop piles...blech!

Anywho, if you wanna ride Larch Mt before it's destroyed, go soon.

St. Evil