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Page 2 of the MARCH 1997 ISSUE OF PASS PATROL CAMPFIRE TALES

The March issue included here contains the stories and not the advertisements. Keep in mind, the stories here were written in 1997.  

This issue includes
Jenny Creek Trail

ANOTHER OF THE MANY ADVENTURES OF PASS PATROL

When the railroad came along, a different route was selected higher up the mountainside.  After trains abandoned the Rollins Pass and Needle’s Eye railway, the rails were removed and the railroad grade became the main vehicle road.  That new road is much more level on a gentle grade and is maintained for passenger car traffic.  On the other hand, the Jenny Creek Trail has not changed much since the days of the stagecoach.  If anything, it has gotten worse.

Our group selected a warm weekend in August to make our return visit.  We started the weekend on Kingston Peak south of Jenny Creek, then wandered into the area.  There are numerous campsites on both sides of the road but we chose the one about one tenth of a mile south of the FSR502 trailhead.

Our journey up Jenny Creek began sharply at 9am ... okay so maybe it was a little past 9am.  We made the turn and the long descent to the floor of the valley.  There are two bridges to cross.  The first one is still standing, the second one is not.  On the second one, we just kinda used the decaying rubble to get across  Actually, it would be easier if that bridge would completely wash away.  Maybe this spring thaw will get it.

Just past that bridge is an intersection.  We are told the one on the right is a dead end but did not check it out.  We took the one going left which begins with a rocker-panel-eating rock climb.  In other words, it is nasty.  I have done it without a spotter, but had to get out of the vehicle several times during the process to see where everything was.