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Olympic Range (WA) > Mount Stone > Additions and Corrections
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| rpc | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Bob, I've added your information to the main page of Mt. Stone. Thanks for adding this! Radek | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2004 7:13 pm | ||
| rfbolton | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Mt. Stone is the highpoint of Mason County. It is one of 11 county highpoints in Washington that requires over 5,000 feet of elevation gain to reach the summit by the easiest route. Washington has more county highpoints in this category than any other lower 48 state. At 2,132 feet of topographic prominence, Mt. Stone is the 118th most prominent peak in Washington. | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2004 1:19 am | ||
| rpc | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Bob, I've added your information to the main page of Mt. Stone. Thanks for adding this! Radek | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2004 7:13 pm | ||
| Dundeel | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | The forest pass requirement has recently been dropped for the Putvin Trailhead. Passes are still required at Lena and Mildred THs. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2005 3:33 pm | ||
| Dundeel | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | This attached link to the Dept. of Transportation weather page has mountain forecasts for all of Washington state. Just point at the map until the zone you want is outlined and click. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/forecast/Default.aspx?zone=WA012. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2005 3:41 pm | ||
| Dean | Road blocked | |
Voted 10/10 | The trailhead is no longer accessible and you have to park alongside the road, a mile short of the TH due to a huge slide that has blocked it. I talked to a forest ranger and he said he didn't know when it would be cleared, if ever. Lack of funding for road maintainance is a huge problem for the FS these days. Add two miles roundtrip to the Putvin trail route. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2008 8:37 am | ||
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| rpc | Re: Road blocked | |
Hasn't voted | Hi Dean, thank you for the correction! I've added it on the main page. I'm sorry for the delays but was away from SP for a while. Hope all is well on your side. Cheers, radek | |
| Posted Sep 29, 2008 5:53 pm | ||
| TimmyC | Road unblocked! | |
Voted 10/10 | I was prepared for a bit of road hiking today, but the washout Dean mentioned has been opened to traffic, and you can once again drive up to the Putvin trailhead. It's extremely rough, and there's a sign saying that it's open to "high clearance vehicles," but my Volvo wagon (with almost no clearance) was able to make it over. Mind you, I was going at a crawl and with great care, but most passenger cars should be able to cross it. The section is only about 100yds long, so I'd recommend scouting it on foot first like I did if you have concerns. Truly amazing how much of the hill came down onto the road; big kudos to the Forest Service folks who were able to get it back open. As a separate note, at about mile 9, less than a mile after the pavement ends, the road is extremely rough where they're in the middle of putting in (replacing?) two culverts. Still passable in a passenger car, of course, but folks should exercise care. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2009 7:55 pm | ||
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