If anyone is interested we punched in the trail today so you can park and goldcreek and ride to cooper and Gallagher!!!!!
Cooper To Gold Creek Trail!!!!
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I've heard of attempts but this is the first success story....good job....are there a bunch of holes you dug for us to navigate around?
sorry no holes
What road did you turn off of .Give me a few details please. You started at gold creek?
Don't be telling everyone what we did......
For 15 years all I've heard is that it can't be done.... Well... we did it.
For 15 years all I've heard is that it can't be done.... Well... we did it.
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MOONMAN
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Last time I was back there on my KTM I was thinking...
"10 feet of snow, you might make it" I guess it was easy...
I know of one way to get there from kachess but you have to go around the lake to make it there ..So did you start in easton or what?
this is starting from cooper and going down to the north end of the lake up through a clear cut off the inlet of the lake and up on a old logging road headed toward the kaches and goldcreek snow parks
lakes end
looking south down the lake, if you have big balls you could water cross the thin ice down the lake!!!!
the trail up to the clear cut
Ski brakes are needed in yesterdays conditions coming down from the logging Road to the lake!!!!!
lakes end
looking south down the lake, if you have big balls you could water cross the thin ice down the lake!!!!
the trail up to the clear cut
Ski brakes are needed in yesterdays conditions coming down from the logging Road to the lake!!!!!
Very impressive. Years ago I tried to get down the west side of Kachess from Cooper on both dirtbike and a sled....There has always been a foot trail just up from the lake shore....I never made it, but there were no clearcuts until recently.....
Now, I can see the clear cuts you talk about with this Sat. views:
http://tinyurl.com/22pgl5
(Click on "aerial image" and zoom to the NW side of Lake Kachess)
Now, I can see the clear cuts you talk about with this Sat. views:
http://tinyurl.com/22pgl5
(Click on "aerial image" and zoom to the NW side of Lake Kachess)
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Gold Creek to Cooper....Cooper to Frenchy.....Frenchy to Easton. Hmmmm
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Powderboy
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I did half of the Easton to French Cabin ride yesterday. At the very top before you drop over into French Cabin we stopped to take a short break. Something started going haywire with my buddys sled. We almost decided to leave it. We finally got it started and decided to not complete the ride and head back. I know the way now though. Always wanted to do the Kachess to Cooper run. Great job guys.
I have said it could be done for years--many years. I would have started on the GC side--but that is just the way I would go. There is a forest service road that goes right down to the north end of Kachess--then just follow Gravy and Fordy's trail
I did not even think about that f a ride this weekend--great idea for the crap conditions.
H20SKE...
I did not even think about that f a ride this weekend--great idea for the crap conditions.
H20SKE...
Good work. I have an idea how you did it. I've always searched for the magic trail for a dirtbike run up Kachess to our cabin at Cooper. It could be done to, but I would have to poach closed trail. I've never done it on snow (never thought about it since I park at Salmon La Sac to get our pack sleds up to the cabin) but now I want to!
I have said it could be done for years--many years. I would have started on the GC side--but that is just the way I would go. There is a forest service road that goes right down to the north end of Kachess--then just follow Gravy and Fordy's trail
I did not even think about that f a ride this weekend--great idea for the crap conditions.
H20SKE...
3 weeks ago we built a bridge over a rather large wash out on that forest service road....You need a lot of snow to do that... In years where the snow isn't as deep, you will be hard pressed to make it..... The river feeding the lake is a bit tricky. We did ride accross a fallen log over the river...
So true--on a low snow or even on a average year it can be interesting getting to the north end of the lake. I am not going up the newer clearing but the old way up box. The washout on the new or old road?
Sweet ya guys did this--I would have been up for that ride for sure.
H20SKE...
I probabley would have broke the log with my sled
Just remember everyone... it doesn't count unless you cross the log. For those that can't balance for 75', bring a towel. LOL!!!
