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Port Renfrew, British Columbia
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Posted - 06/17/2011 : 10:06 PM
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| I recently received a post from Ancient Forests. org and they described the Red Creek Fir as the largest standing Douglas Fir in Canada. I drove to Port Renfrew and up the San Juan Campsite Road following the Red Creek Fir signs, but lost my way at the divide to Red Creek Main and Red Creek 2000. It was about an hour from dark so I decided to hike back to the car. I ended up staying the night at the San Juan campsite and sleeping near an amazing GIANT fir. Alas I never did find the Red Creek Fir. Has anyone hiked into it? |
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 Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
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Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
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Posted - 06/17/2011 : 10:36 PM
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Here's my story, we had trouble finding it too, Kathy. If you are on the original Red Creek Main you'll come to a pullout on the right near where the newer road comes in from uphill. Park there and walk along the newer road and look for a roadside cairn on the right, it's not far from the pullout. Happy hunting! If you bring a GPS, take a waypoint :)
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Posted - 06/17/2011 : 10:57 PM
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We used to access the tree using the road on the south side of the San Juan River. It goes through the site of the former lumber mill. It used to be a railroad grade, so it is flat and straight. However, it became rough and too slow for people with cars and is now a bit overgrown. So the normal access now is via the roundabout route you people have described.
We were in Port Renfrew on our bicycles a few days ago, and checked out the old road. We found it is in good shape for cycling. It could be walked, but is a 20km round trip. We just wanted to determine the state of the road and only went a couple of km's. The plan is to go all the way to the Red Creek Fir on next year's bike trip. An excellent plan would be to take your bike on your car to Port Renfrew, and cycle out the old road. It would be a very nice ride, besides seeing the tree.
We also went as far as the San Juan bridge on the new road. We wanted to see if there was anything left of the impressive suspension bridge that used to sit beside where the new (and very boring) bridge is. We found only a concrete pier. But we were completely dismayed by the dense clouds of dust stirred up by the heavy traffic, and one person got a couple of flats. So we won't be cycling to the tree via the new access route.
If you do an Internet search for "red creek fir" "location", you can find coordinates for it. |
Edited by - sgRant on 06/17/2011 10:58 PM |
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
AKA
Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13026 Posts |
Posted - 06/18/2011 : 06:41 AM
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| Near the pullout we parked at there is a pile of old culvert piping too |
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Hiking to the Red Creek Fir, Port Renfrew
