tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862179529682142840.post8000875312294140251..comments2024-03-15T06:43:27.797-07:00Comments on Stueby's Outdoor Journal: Right here in our backyard: Cottonwood Creek combo trip by Arrowrock ReservoirSteve Stuebnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16910152445933091107noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862179529682142840.post-38263991940239232402017-09-07T06:36:15.129-07:002017-09-07T06:36:15.129-07:00Thanks for the background Quince! Very interesting...Thanks for the background Quince! Very interesting ... I hope the Forest Service can get in there and clear the trail and keep it open for the public to enjoy ... it makes so mad to see them do such a poor job of keeping up the trails built by people like your dad ... that was a big investment that needs to be maintained! It's also sad to see the Cottonwood Ranger Station falling apart ... Best, Steve<br />Steve Stuebnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910152445933091107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862179529682142840.post-49286178045868786682017-09-06T17:27:50.289-07:002017-09-06T17:27:50.289-07:00I helped my Father L.S. Balter and Jess Kimball bu...I helped my Father L.S. Balter and Jess Kimball build the cottonwood trail many years ago in 1943 . I am just plain too old to go do it again. Our family spent 14 summers on Thorn Creek Butte or Bald Mountain as we called it then. I have fished Cottonwood creek hundreds of times when I was young . My family lived at the Old CCC camp just North of Cottonwood Ranger Station. At the end of June we would move the the lookout and stay there until school started in the Payette valley. Went to school at New Plymouth. Harold BalterQuincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529598810986813555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862179529682142840.post-22867165542616527452016-05-14T12:57:54.230-07:002016-05-14T12:57:54.230-07:00Hi Steve. I completed the Cottonwood Creek loop th...Hi Steve. I completed the Cottonwood Creek loop this morning on my bike per link below. The middle few miles of the trail is awful! Completely overgrown. Any idea why the FS apparently isn't maintaining it? It needs serious love or should be removed the the maps, lol.<br /><br />https://www.strava.com/activities/576011321Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654853387255021616noreply@blogger.com