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- Statistics:
- Date Hiked: July 11, 1998
- Miles Hiked: 5.0
- Elevation Gain: 1,880'
- Hiking Partner(s): Mark (?), Payton
- Description:
- From this point on, I hit the hiking
trails pretty hard and tried to get out as often as possible. My route finding skills were not fine
tuned though, and I sort of got skunked on this hike to Chimney Rock.
- My main form of transportation so far
has been a 1989 Honda CRX. The perfect college car, it got great gas
mileage, and it doesn't have a backseat, so I never had to drive on road
trips. But, anyone familiar with mountain roads and the
high drive knows that this type of vehicle won't cut it out there. I drove
up Pack River Road as far as I could and fortunately Mark (?) picked me up. After his dog
beat up on Payton a little, we found the trailhead and were off.
- Chimney Rock is a stone tower that can
be reached from the Pack River Drainage area (east route) or from the Priest
River (ID) side (west route). It is a popular site for people who like
technical climbing and is actually on the cover of the book I refer to on my home page.
- The hike didn't seem too difficult where
we went, but after running out of trail and bush wacking a while, we decided to
call it a day and figured we missed a turn somewhere. Mark offered me a
couple of hits of pot (which I declined) and we returned to the
trailhead. It was an enjoyable day hike and I plan on returning sometime
to actually reach the base of Chimney Rock from this direction. After having to be picked up because of
my car, I began devising a plan to get myself a North Idaho
"rig".
- Maps:
- The first map is more of a
general overview of the area. I tried to zoom closer in on the
second one.
- Click here to view a 2D map of
the area where this hike is located..
- Click here to view a
second 2D map of
the area where this hike is located.
- Photographs:
- This is a distant picture of Chimney
Rock from the Pack River Road. You would take this road to get to the
Bee Hive Lakes and Harrison Lake also.
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