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Hike of the Week for Friday, February 5, 2010White Chuck Bench TrailStroll along and above “White Water” River Article and photo by Craig Romano
The wild White Chuck River can once again be explored thanks to the partial reopening of the White Chuck Bench Trail. Chinook for whitewater, the appropriately named White Chuck River has certainly lived up to its name. In 2003 the river furiously displayed a bout of white water which flooded the valley leaving riverside forest groves and the paralleling White Chuck Bench Trail in shambles. The administering Forest Service, its operating budget also in shambles had no funding to repair the trail and damaged access roads leading to its trailheads. It appeared that the popular low-country White Bench Trail would be yet another casualty to nature and budget cuts. Continue at White Chuck Bench Trail |