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Boulder Lake

Aug 15, 2010

by Lady Bug — last modified Aug 18, 2010 10:16 AM
Type of Outing
Day hike
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Hike: Boulder Lake
Region: Central Cascades -- Stevens Pass - West
Agency: Department of Natural Resources, Northwest Region Office, Sedro-Woolley
Trails: Boulder Lake (#740)
Avg Rating: 2.50
Why You Should Go Now
Ripe berries
I was extremely disappointed in the changes DNR and Everett have made in the trail. The trail now startes at Site 4 on Spada Lake. That is not the bad part. The bad part is they have dug over 50 "divits" in the road so now a person has to go up and down all the divits. Some aren't bad but most are over five feet deep. I understand trying to protect the watershed; however, there comes a time when too much is just too much. I spoke to one of the watershed rangers and he said that DNR is trying to keep people out completely. That is outrageous. This used to be a beautiful hike and now the first part is ruined. I would not have minded walking the old road, but the divits are unnecessary. Just put up good gates if you must, but don't make it a major confidence course just to get to the trail head.
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Sultan Basin

Posted by Hulk at Aug 19, 2010 12:39 AM
There are several things going on. One the DNR has taken the all forest in that area out of the trust. Therefore no logging is occouring or will occour. Since it is timber sales that pay for road maintence there is not money to pay for road maintence. As a result the DNR has been attepting to Decommision the entire road all the way to Olney pass since 2005. However due to the licencing requrements of the Culumback dam project the city of Everett and the PUD must allow public access and provide recreation sites. Because of this the PUD has picked up part of the responsibility of maintaing the road.
Unfortunatly the DNR is oblicated by law under current state forest practices to maintain or decommison the remainian portion of the road. This law is intended to protect migratory fish...even though no miratory fish are capable of the swim up the rugged Sultan canyon...or over the 100 plus foot dam.

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