By the time episode 9 aired for the first time on 8/12/18, it became apparent that the Clark Fork Area, closed due to the Donnell Fire, would still be off limits for our Disaster Creek hike scheduled for September 1. Instead, we'll hike to Pinecrest Peak (trailhead off of Herring Creek Rd.) for spectacular views down to Cleo's Bath (our October hike destination) and Pinecrest Lake.
TCT #9 features an interview with Rebecca Andrade, president of the Stanislaus Wilderness Volunteers. Rebecca is a true Leave No Trace evangelist and shares how YOU can start making a difference now. She also discusses the partnership between SWV and the Forest Service, trail maintenance and improvements, the 1964 Wilderness Act, the different focuses of Leave No Trace, and free LNT trainings available to members of the Stanislaus Wilderness Volunteers. We talk a bit about the Bidwell-Bartleson party,
the first overland emigrants to California. They chose to enter via the perilous West Walker Route and got lost in the rugged mountains and hills of Tuolumne, Alpine, and Calaveras counties roaming along what's now Clark Fork Rd., up to Big Trees, and into Sonora. Finally, on Nov. 4, 1841, "destitute and almost naked," they arrived at Marsh's rancho at the base of Mt. Diablo.
The episode also includes Trail Heads' audio reviews of the Cooper Meadow hike, our Plan B instead of Wapama Falls (inaccessible due to closure of Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valley due to the Ferguson Fire.
Enjoy the show and be sure to take the Disaster Creek hike on your own one day after the area has recovered from the fire.
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