Oh it's the extended road driving that I have to gain confidence in haha!Naches is cool, something for every level of wheeling. The wagon trail is pretty easy but fun, I guided a small group Expedition type Toyota’s over it last year with no problems. Getting up to the rocks is pretty easy also depending on trail conditions and rout taken. And once at the rocks there are lines that range from easy with a stockish type rig to you need a rock buggy.
Sounds cool never heard of itAnyone ever done the Owl Mtn Jeep Trail 102 in north Ferry County? Dad and I hunted up there a long time ago when he had his Bronco. Went all the way through one time; I remember having to cut a lot of downfall out and it took us most of the day to go the 7 miles through the trail. This was back in the day when the only way in was via highway 395 from the valley floor.
I've never heard of it before, I'll have to look into thatAnyone ever done the Owl Mtn Jeep Trail 102 in north Ferry County? Dad and I hunted up there a long time ago when he had his Bronco. Went all the way through one time; I remember having to cut a lot of downfall out and it took us most of the day to go the 7 miles through the trail. This was back in the day when the only way in was via highway 395 from the valley floor.
I haven't heard of it and I've lived on the east side all my life. I'll have to check it out.Anyone ever done the Owl Mtn Jeep Trail 102 in north Ferry County? Dad and I hunted up there a long time ago when he had his Bronco. Went all the way through one time; I remember having to cut a lot of downfall out and it took us most of the day to go the 7 miles through the trail. This was back in the day when the only way in was via highway 395 from the valley floor.
There is an Owl mt up 395 few mi from the border. Little Boulder Creek Rd might lead to it.Huh, when i looked it up I found a bunch of maps to an "owl mountain jeep trail" in Jefferson County out on the peninsula. It's even 7 miles long, am I missing the other one?
I'll have to dig out my old metsker maps and see if I can find trail 102.Ahhh i found it now. Dunno why they're showing me jefferson county
That's the one. We hunted up there lots of years ago. This was before the Little Boulder road branched off north. We would go in from the bottom on 395 near Laurier up the Kerry Creek Trail. Part way up you could branch north to the Talisman Mine or continue west up and over the Owl Mtn. Trail. Now it appears that you go in through Little Boulder road and branch north until you reach the trailhead. Looks like that branch intersects the old Kerry Creek trail from the bottom and creates a new trailhead for the Owl Mtn Jeep Trail 102. It looks like it does a 7 mile loop coming out west of the trailhead and back to Little Boulder road. We used to jeep up from the bottom, tent camp at the top and hunt mule deer. I recently picked up my Jeep and am thinking about taking Dad back up for a nostalgic day trip. Next time I'm up in Colville I'm going to check at the ranger station to see if it's open. At one time back in 2009 it was being considered as a wilderness area with possible motorized vehicle restrictions. I don't want to get all the way up to the trailhead to find out it has been designated hiking only. I also want to know if the Kerry Creek trail is open to driving along the ridge to the Talisman Mine. Used to be able to get to it from the highway 395 access but I heard they gated it off at the bottom years ago.There is an Owl mt up 395 few mi from the border. Little Boulder Creek Rd might lead to it.
It would be nice to have current info on the area. I dug out my metsker map of ferry county and it shows trail 102 along with many other trails up there.I'm up around Colville and Republic at least once a month on business so I thought I'd stop in talk to them and get a FS map of the area.