Summit Logs
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KLH
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Summit Logs
I've been wondering why some peaks have log books, while others do not. Are they allowed? Who maintains them?
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Re: Summit Logs
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Re: Summit Logs
The phenomenon you are referring to is called the summit log rhythm which is real but irrational.
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The forest service officially does not allow them but has not officially put forth much effort to remove them. Rumor has it they've stepped up efforts recently, but with budget constraints who knows. The ones on private land are up to the land owners. Rocky Mountain naional park doesn't allow them, but one on top of Longs would be impractical anyway.
CMC is loosely associated with them, but in general they are just maintained by hikers.
CMC is loosely associated with them, but in general they are just maintained by hikers.
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CO Native wrote:The forest service officially does not allow them but has not officially put forth much effort to remove them. Rumor has it they've stepped up efforts recently, but with budget constraints who knows. The ones on private land are up to the land owners. Rocky Mountain naional park doesn't allow them, but one on top of Longs would be impractical anyway.
CMC is loosely associated with them, but in general they are just maintained by hikers.
I haven't been up longs since the end of 08 but I'm next to positive it had one back then
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As CO Native stated, the Forest Service removes a lot of the summit logs themselves.
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The Leadville of the NFS was taking them down at one time, but policy seems to depend on which district you are in.
For example around here (Craig CO), the NFS actually keeps (when full) the registers from some of the peaks and seems to encourage them. On Bears Ears for example, you can go into the forest service station and read the record of the registers dating from the 1930's until whenever the most recent register was full (and for the rest you can read on the summit).
Even in some wilderness areas (such as the Uinta Mountains), the forest service themselves are the ones whom place and keep some of the registers (such as on Mount Agassiz).
For example around here (Craig CO), the NFS actually keeps (when full) the registers from some of the peaks and seems to encourage them. On Bears Ears for example, you can go into the forest service station and read the record of the registers dating from the 1930's until whenever the most recent register was full (and for the rest you can read on the summit).
Even in some wilderness areas (such as the Uinta Mountains), the forest service themselves are the ones whom place and keep some of the registers (such as on Mount Agassiz).
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Van McDaniel
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CMC probably has a person detailed to handle the summit registers. If you are a member, they would maybe be just too happy to give you some of them to put in place as you summit a peak...... http://www.cmc.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Back in '85 when we got to the summit of Thunder Pyramid we located the register that Spence Swanger put there back in '76 or so. There were very few entries for the time frame involved. Not anything close to a walkup.
Back in '85 when we got to the summit of Thunder Pyramid we located the register that Spence Swanger put there back in '76 or so. There were very few entries for the time frame involved. Not anything close to a walkup.
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KLH
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Assuming that it was cleared with the Forest Service, do you think that a program to put summit logs on more of the peaks would be well received?
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Fred North
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Re: Summit Logs
I was on Longs in 08 also and there was a log there. Someone told a story of a 70 year old guy who hiked it regularly to maintain the log.
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