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| Mud slide |
It was a dark and stormy morning... day... week... month... This December has turned out to be a really wet month, even by Oregon standards. We have had quite a bit of flooding and road closures this week, so I shouldn't of been surprised to see so many parts of Wildwood flooded and washed out, but I was.
I ran about 18 miles and every 2 miles or so there was either a wash out, mud slide, or over flowing streams. I can't ever remember seeing so much damage on the trail at one time. I had to stop taking pictures because I was so wet and cold, my fingers just wouldn't function. I don't think I have been that wet running since the The North Face 50k in California in 2012, which I am pretty sure was the last time it rained that hard in Northern California. Luckily Wildwood isn't as much of a disaster as the trails during The North Face 50k, but they are not far off if the rain doesn't let up some.
The pictures below are between Springville and Birch on Wildwood. They aren't the best pictures because everything was wet and I had nothing to clean the lens of my iPhone with.
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| Over flowing creek, washing out the trail |
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| The trail is quickly falling away |
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| The water isn't quite over the bridge yet, but it is close |
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| Another part of Wildwood that is almost gone |
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