A major ice storm swept through the valley the second week of January leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power for days. Residents report “hearing trees popping” in the forest. Valley Camp posted this ominious comment on the Goldmyer facebook page: “Middle Fork road is impassable. Due to freezing rain the road is blocked by trees. Bring chainsaws and chains.” By the weekend the couplet section of the road was cleared, but so many trees were down it was impossible to drive beyond that. A week later firewood collectors and others had opened the road to the Taylor River. Finally in early February a Northwest Wilderness crew cleared the stretch to the Dingford gate and on up to Goldmyer.







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