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Trail 345W, the <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> itself

   August 28, 2007 by montucky

   <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> 345W is a U.S. Forest Service primitive foot <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> which runs
   from the point where U.S.F.S. road 887 crosses the Weeksville Divide,
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   It's a beautiful route for someone experienced in the back country,
   but I wouldn't recommend it for a novice because there are several
   places where it would be very easy to lose the <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT>. Most of the
   route is well blazed (though some of the blazes are very old and
   difficult to see), but there are gaps that I don't understand. At one
   place it took me about twenty minutes to figure out where the real
   <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> was.

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                                                   Blaze marks, very old 

   The <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> looks quite flat on a map and fairly flat in these photos,
   but has a tendency to stand right up on end in several sections.

                             Along <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> 345W 

   Along <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> 345W 

                             Along <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> 345W 

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10 Responses to "<FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> 345W, the <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> itself"

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       upfront for the ignorance)
    2. on August 29, 2007 at 12:00 am2 montucky
       A blaze is a mark or marks on a tree beside a <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> to show where
       the <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> is, usually made by chipping patches of bark off with an
       axe.
       For short <FONT COLOR=red>trails</FONT> usually a single blaze is used. For longer <FONT COLOR=red>trails</FONT>
       especially way into the back country, two marks are used. There
       are many places on T345W that it wouldn't be possible to follow
       the <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> if it were not for the blaze marks, and even then the
       old ones were difficult to see.
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       love it. That's the forest I know and love. :)
    4. on August 29, 2007 at 12:29 am4 montucky
       I think the Indians blazed <FONT COLOR=red>trails</FONT> long before the time of
       Columbus, and certainly all of the first explorers did. There is a
       study being done on the East coast about ancient <FONT COLOR=red>trails</FONT> that were
       blazed by culturing trees to grow in certain shapes along the
       route. I read something about that a month ago but can't remember
       where. Next time you run across a Forest Service <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT>, look along
       part of it for the blaze marks: they're sure to be there. They
       have helped me keep from getting lost many times.
       I'm with you: I can spend day after day on <FONT COLOR=red>trails</FONT> like this. There
       was even one area near the top of this <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> where a section of
       cedars was so thick you could have put a bedroll in under the
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       fir needles to boot! It doesn't get any better than that!
    5. on August 29, 2007 at 5:09 pm5 Bernie Kasper
       That would be an awesome <FONT COLOR=red>trail</FONT> to hike Terry, but for a flatlander
       like me, I would have to get in real good shape before I tackled
       one of your <FONT COLOR=red>trails</FONT>.
    6. on August 29, 2007 at 5:37 pm6 silken
       that looks like a great place to hike, though I'd have to go along
       w/ a guide! interesting about the blazing <FONT COLOR=red>trails</FONT>, (I didn't really
       know it either aullori) the camping out sounds wonderful, but