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Post by dadof4 on Feb 16, 2007 22:28:28 GMT -5
Has anyone hiked into the Sacto River from the saddle on the Pasagshak Road? Would it be better than hiking in from the beach at Narrow Cape?
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Post by pathfinder on Feb 19, 2007 12:26:08 GMT -5
Talk to Patrick Saltonstall or John Mahoney - they have done that hike. You end up hiking in the Sacramento River for most of the way. Coming back is very arduous by that route.
My wife and I have hiked the beach to Sac River - we like going at minus tides which makes it possible to hike around some of the points rather than having to go up and over.
The way I'd like to try is going in from Pasagshak pass and then coming out the beach.
You can, of course, also access Sac from Chiniak hiking the game trails along the cliffs.
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Post by Andy on Feb 19, 2007 13:20:07 GMT -5
I believe Hans Tschersich has also hiked in from the saddle based on some past photos I've seen him credited for.
I've done it only from Chiniak, which is very nice from sequel point onwards with quite a bit of elevation gain near the end. Bear country, for sure.
Sacramento River, what a great place, if you can get there...it took us three tries (in September) to hike in and out in a day. We kept running out of daylight. When you do it from the saddle, please post your experiences!
Meanwhile, I'll forward to Hans & Patrick & see if we can get them on here.
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Post by dadof4 on Feb 20, 2007 9:44:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies. I have been thinking about getting out there for several years now. I hope to try in Sep. Someone told me the fishing is great out there???
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Post by Patrick Saltonstall on Feb 21, 2007 21:07:42 GMT -5
I've done it a couple of times - once on skiis (we skiied to the sea, beachcombed, and then skiied back to the road in one day). There is a pullout on the right as you approach the top of the Pasagshak pass and the 'trail' up to the ridge starts there. It actually is a bit of a trail and really no bushwhacking to speak of. If there is - then don't continue - you are not on the right ridge!
At the end of the ridge there is a small hill and you sort of have to 'route find' on your own down the backside to the headwaters of the Sacremento. Pretty brushy at the headwaters, and I suggest a pair of xtra tuffs so you can actually hike down in the stream. About a mile down it opens up into an awesome valley. Short grass and cottonwoods. Looks like I imagine Montana does.
We usually leave a Car at Barry's lagoon near Burton's ranch so you can ferry back to your car at the pass.
Patrick
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Post by pathfinder on Feb 26, 2007 16:45:31 GMT -5
I don't know about the fishing, but you can bet that if there's fish in the river, there will be plenty of bears. If you are in that area and observe ATVs riding in the river, please try to document with photographs. It is illegal to ride a motorized vehicle in a salmon stream, except at ADF&G approved crossings.
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Post by Ryan on Apr 5, 2007 22:29:38 GMT -5
Some of us from the Emerald Isle 4x4 club took to the trail last weekend and made some good scouting progress. There were two ATV's and myself on foot with a GPS. Once we got to the "bowl" section of the trail the way was quite obscured by snow but we managed to pick it up on the other side and followed for another couple miles. Never made it to the river, but I think all would agree that we were very close. We crested a couple small ridges after the bowl, but couldn't find the energy for the third and turned around. There seem to be three cleary defined routes to get around the bowl: one takes the ridge to the right, one goes straight through, and one towards the ocean/beach (although the later two might become one later). Once some melt off occurs it should be a lot easier to tell where the trail leads since there were tire ruts visible whenever bare gound was exposed. There is no doubt that this is a TOTALLY kick ass trail and deserves more effort to explore and mark the route.
FYI, may people told me how "rough" and "bad" this trail was but I didn't see what they were talking about. Maybe with more mud in the warmer months......dunno. We cut a couple dead trees that had grown in the middle of the trail, but it's pretty much good to go for a 4-wheeler. Trucks and Jeeps are out of the question without cutting a few live trees along the way-something I'm not too keen about.
I'll post up more thoughts and maybe a couple pictures when I get home (I'm "outside" for a couple weeks now). Hope this helps.
Ryan
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Post by dadof4 on Jun 7, 2007 14:04:32 GMT -5
My friends and I hiked up the ridge this past weekend (Sunday, the 3rd). The trail is in pretty good shape. No snow coverage, at least as far as we got. It was so foggy that we turned around as soon as we gained the top. After a short drive down to Pshak, the fog lifted and we could see the whole ridge. Too bad we didn't stay on top and have a break. It is definitely still on my list to explore this area more.
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Post by ATV permitted crossing on Sept 30, 2007 9:45:15 GMT -5
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