| Date: July 1, 2010 | | Location Fairview Creek Trail Survey | | Where: Cottage Grove District, Umpqua National Forest | The Fairview Creek Trail has several stream crossing so I have been postponing my trail survey to allow time for the water levels to drop. I have never hiked it nor know anyone that has, so wasn't sure what I would find. I did know that there were mining claims along the route, so wasn't sure if I might run into a situation similar to the movie Deliverance. Of course I did have Buster, my trusty trail scout, with me for protection. My fears were totally misplaced, I didn't see a soul and the trail is really quite lovely in its streamside route next to the creek.
|  | This fallen cedar tree with its upturned rootwad is an example of the kind of thing I report on for these trail surveys. I don't have to do the work, just report the location, and then my boss, Melissa Swain of the Cottage Grove District, sends out a crew to do the work.
|  | This trail kind of peters out some place between the two and a half to three mile mark, after three bridge crossing and three non-bridge crossing. It's a trail I highly recommend for anyone seeking a pristine natural setting.
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