Guess the spot: Maps Edition

[Ben]

sorry to take so long, we've been moving.

 

[Ben]

This is an other semi popular area in the northwest.

 

[Ben]

you guys need to get out more.

 

[Artemus]

you guys need to get out more.
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That is a problem. But I'll bet there is a low guess rate because everyone is out !

 

[Kishenehn]

Yeah, I've been out for weeks, but I'm finally back.

That's Old Snowy Mountain, in the Goat Rocks country of south-central Washington.

 

[Ben]

Yeah, I've been out for weeks, but I'm finally back.

That's Old Snowy Mountain, in the Goat Rocks country of south-central Washington.

: ) you're up.

 

[Kishenehn]

I left a clue in here that a few of you might recognize:

 

[Kishenehn]

The sound of crickets in this thread lately is kind of terrifying.

Anyhow, before I dig up a bigger map or a photo, here's a clue: this spot isn't in Utah, but is pretty darn close to it, and is in a broader area many of you have been to.

 

[Kishenehn]

OK, hopefully this will wrap this one up:

If you take the main road that heads west off the map, and make the correct choices at a couple of two-track junctions, and aren't shot as a trespasser, in a few miles you'll be one of the relatively few people who's achieved the summit of the highest mountain in a particular unit of the NPS system.

 

[mike_offerman]

Ahh! Mt Zenobia, highest point in Dinosaur. Have not been there, but have been looking at it!

 

[Kishenehn]

That’s it! The map focuses on the old coke ovens below Douglas Mountain, which are a cool destination in their own right.

I haven’t been to Zenobia in many years, but it’s high on my bucket list for next summer. Apparently, nowadays there are No Trespassing signs on the road to the monument boundary, and a padlock on the Park Service gate.

You’re up!

 

[mike_offerman]

 

[Artemus]

That’s it! The map focuses on the old coke ovens below Douglas Mountain, which are a cool destination in their own right.

I haven’t been to Zenobia in many years, but it’s high on my bucket list for next summer. Apparently, nowadays there are No Trespassing signs on the road to the monument boundary, and a padlock on the Park Service gate.

You’re up!

Kish... can you clarify please? there are NO no trespassing signs on the road and NO padlocks? Thus, legal and do-able? Thanks.

 

[Artemus]

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That is a high, high road. I am guessing in the San Juan's ?

 

[mike_offerman]

Not the San Juan's, but the right state.

 

[LarryBoy]

Fall River Pass in RMNP

 

[LarryBoy]

This won't take long

 

[Kishenehn]

Kish... can you clarify please? there are NO no trespassing signs on the road and NO padlocks? Thus, legal and do-able? Thanks.

It's been a long time since I've been all the way up there myself, so a good chunk of this is second hand.

There's a decent 2-track road all the way to the top of Zenobia. (The Park Service has a fire lookout up there.) Until a decade or so ago it was a pretty straightforward trip -- the only issue was that the 2-tracks aren't signed, and you had to figure out which is the right one. The primary route crosses private property, though, and I've heard that a few years ago the landowner began posting his land. About the same time, the Park Service padlocked the gate at the monument boundary, since the Zenobia area is being managed for wilderness values. (The lookout staffer still drives the road, though.) That gate is just a couple miles or less from the top.

So it's likely that today, one would need to work out a route around the posted property and then hike up to Zenobia. I'm told it's doable, though, and I'd like to figure that out next summer.

 

[Artemus]

This won't take long

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@LarryBoy, how's about a hint?

 

[LarryBoy]

@LarryBoy, how's about a hint?

oh wow, apparently it DID take very long! It's in Utah, and notice the road in the bottom part of the frame.