There seems to be a time in the dim past when
the Forest Service actually designated camps for packers. A couple of
years ago I set out to visit Cecil Lake in the headwaters drainage of
Fish creek. The Topo showed no trail, but when I got there, I discovered
a signed use trail that lead to this designated site. These signs were
several paces up the use trial on the drainage creek.
The camp was about a mile below Cecil, and seems have been completely forgotten about and showed no signs of use by packers for several years judging from the lack of horse manure and the materials they used for their sign posts. More like a ghost camp now.
No doubt the Wrangler and his guests day hiked up to Cecil to fish for the Rainbows and enjoy the views, then returned to the camp below treeline to enjoy all the amenities of the Wrangler camp life style.
The camp was about a mile below Cecil, and seems have been completely forgotten about and showed no signs of use by packers for several years judging from the lack of horse manure and the materials they used for their sign posts. More like a ghost camp now.
No doubt the Wrangler and his guests day hiked up to Cecil to fish for the Rainbows and enjoy the views, then returned to the camp below treeline to enjoy all the amenities of the Wrangler camp life style.
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." Martin Buber
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