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| Location: Gee Point, Finney Peak, Deepest of Deep Skagit |
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| Shaking off |
Our Quest to find the last remnants of old growth forest in Whatcom and Skagit counties leads us to stranger and stranger places. The places where it was uneconomical to harvest logs. The places where they would've needed helicopters to log. Up high and trapped in steep canyons. Montaigne forest--mountain hemlocks, spruce and Montaigne Douglas fir.
Gee Point on Finney Peak requires 17 miles of driving on windy forest roads once off another windy road that bends over with one of the most picturesque views of the deep green of the Skagit River. The hike is short in comparison to the drive, but requires bushwhacking before one reaches old growth.
The high mountain forest on the way to Cow Heaven is attained by hiking up 4000 feet over 5 miles or so. Remote, out of the way, it seems forgotten.
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| Cow Heaven isn't far from the highway or the Skagit River but requires hiking up 4000 vertical feet over 5 miles or so. |
