{"id":768,"date":"2015-05-23T14:50:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T21:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pointsunknown.com\/blog\/?p=768"},"modified":"2015-08-23T15:50:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T22:50:18","slug":"backpacking-stagman-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pointsunknown.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/backpacking-stagman-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Backpacking Stagman Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lookingglass Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stagman Ridge offers some beautiful views of Mount Adams and the surrounding central cascades but unfortunately also gives you a good look at what post forest fire devastation looks like. We took the hike, as recommended on NWHiker.com<\/a>, to looking glass lake, then up through horseshoe meadow. There were definitely some amazingly beautiful sights, but also some rough, hot, burned, dirty places along the trail.<\/p>\n

The #9R trail which creates the first part of the “lollipop loop” is pretty difficult to follow right now, as I understand it was not really a maintained trail before the fire and now, after the fire, it is easy to lose the trail; especially after the many creek crossings. Though we managed to find our way easy enough by basically pointing our compass east until we ran into the main Trail #9.<\/p>\n

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A beautiful alpine cascade amongst the burnt, dead trees. A hint of what this place must have been like before the fire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As stated before, the views of Mount Adams were incredible and abounded once you got above about 5,500ft. It was quite interesting to see how the forest recovers from a fire. In some area life was just returning and you got an idea of the kind of alpine paradise this used to be before the fire.<\/p>\n

Overall however, this 10 mile loop was pretty fun and a good excuse to get outside and exercise the dogs. I am glad we got in the trip when we did, as this area caught on fire again in July, 2015.<\/p>\n

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Check out the NWHiker page<\/a> for more information on this hike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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