Thanks for that, Bill. Of three choices with forests still standing,
any recommendations on Kangaroo Lake (Scott Mtns), Russian
Wilderness, or a site off Coffee Creek Rd (in the Trinity Alps you
mention)?
Bernie
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>> Hello folks,
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>> Anyone have any experience recording in the Trinity Mountains
>in
>> Northern California about 50 miles (80km) west of Redding?
>I'm
>> planning to go there mid-May for a few days to see/hear what's
>up.
>> It's off the beaten track, not at all populated (bears excepted)
>and
>> away from most jet flight routes (that travel north and south
>more to
>> the east). Basically, I'm looking for possible locations. Any help
>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Bernie Krause
>Bernie,
>The Trinity and Klamath Mts are interesting areas both
>geologically and biologically , but the effects of extractive industry
>(mostly timber harvest, some mining) are evident in most every
>view in the high relief areas. Many of the communities are or
>were recently dependent on logging (which is in decline in many
>areas). Remember to watch for the trucks.
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>There are substantial of karst areas (not a common landscape
>in California). Like the Sierra, there are some National Forest
>set-asides at the highest elevations in the northern Coast
>ranges (Yolla Bolly Wilderness, Trinity Alps Wilderness, Marble
>Mtns. Wilderness). Minor roads are slow, winding and
>sometimes unusually narrow for the U.S., so it can take longer
>than expected to get to trailheads.
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>Hobo Gulch Campground on the North Fork of the Trinity is a
>vehicle accessible (formerly at least) not-too-hammered entry
>point into the Trinity Alps Wilderness.
>
>Bill Rainey
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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