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Culbreath
1942
Jan 14
Willow Creek to South Fork Mt, Trinity Co, Cal/
West facing canyon has been heavily logged
up high on the slopes. Log tangles of slash
are prominent and the only large trees
remaining on the logged area are the Big Cedar
Cedars. This west facing slope is characterized
with its association of Douglas Fir Black Oak
and Myrtle. Associate species will include
Canadus speciosum and Manzanita.
From the mouth of the Mad River to Kabel the
country is broken up into pasture lands. The
elevation at Kabel is about 200 feet. Leaving Kabel
the road is a graded dirt road to Maple
Creek. The road at first climbs to 1350 feet
through cut-over land of Douglas Fir and
Redwood. Good reproduction has now
come in on this area and in many places
the trees are in locked thickets. All this
property is fenced and posted by the lumber
company at Kabel.
Eight miles from Kabel the road forks,
with the road to the east and left going to
Snow Camp and the right road to Maple Creek.
At the fork in road the land becomes opened
up and is being farmed for about one
mile towards Maple Creek.
The road then descends from this open
ridge to 750 feet when it crosses a good
sized stream. Nine miles from Kabel the