Turner, I don't know if that quite narrowed it down enough for me. I have been to the Gaudineer area and have been to Otter Creek Wilderness, but don't and didn't know there was an old growth stand on Shavers in the Otter Creek area. It is a favorite vicinity of mine, and I will definitely be returning at some time. Any additional information on where exactly the old growth is in the Otter Creek area?
Darian On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:29 PM, turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bob, ENTS. > I apologize for not making myself clear. I visited the Shavers > Mountain stand and not the Gaudineer stand. However, both are on > Shavers Mountain but far apart. > Shavers Mountain extends about thirty miles from the Dry Fork River > east of Parsons, West Virginia southward to where US 250 crosses the > mountain near Cheat Bridge. South of here the mountain kind of morphs > into the Back Allegheny Mountain. > The Shavers Mountain Spruce/Hemlock stand is on the north end of the > mountain. > The stand at The Gaudineer Scenic Area is on the south end of the > mountain about 30 Raven miles or 45 car miles away. > For any potential visitor it makes a big difference. The Shavers > Mountain stand requires at least a three+ mile hike with elevation > gain while the Gaudineer stand requires about a 200 foot slightly > downhill stroll. > I forgot to mention that the Shavers mountain stand is at 3,600 – > 3,700 feet elevation with a slight west aspect. The Gaudineer stand > is at 3,800 – 4,000 feet elevation with a steeper east aspect. It > appears to me that the Gaudineer stand occupies a moister site. > Shavers Mountain forms the eastern boundary of the Otter Creek > Wilderness for about ten miles. It appears that at least part of the > stand is not in the wilderness boundary but it is completely on USFS > land. > Turner Sharp > > > On Jan 2, 4:37 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > Turner, > > > > Thanks for checking out the Gaudineer Scenic Area. I have read > accounts of it before, but none anywhere near as good as yours. > > > > Bob > > > > -- > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
