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    East Central has been very instrumental for the last several Hoosier HF Hangs and it's appreciated.

    I'd say welcome and bring along a friend.
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    I'm planning on coming. Trying not to commit and jinx it like I always do with my indecisiveness!

    I don't want to burn any more vacation so I'll roll in late after work Friday. 8:00PM at the lot. I'm not sure if this is the early-night or partying type crew, so I'll try to sneak in quiet either way. Could be close to 9:30PM to camp if I have to use the main lot.

    The past 72-hr precip map shows 2.12" of rain at camp. More coming Friday. That ought to help the water situation. I saw west of Indy got close to 5"!

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    An update on some road closures. Don't forget your hunter orange as well.

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/hoosi...ces/?aid=62788

    "For public safety during maintenance activities on October 22 and 23, the USDA Forest Service will temporarily close all National Forest System land located in the area bounded on the west by State Road 446, on the north by Tower Ridge Road, and on the south and east by Hunter Creek Road, as reflected on the map for Closure Order 09-12-20-10. This includes portions of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness, Grubb Ridge Trailhead, Blackwell Horse Camp, Brooks Cabin, Cope Hollow Trail, Martin Hollow Trail and Hunter Creek Trail. In addition, Monroe County Highway Department will close Tower Ridge Road from the intersection of Last Horse Lane east to the intersection with Hunter Creek Road for this period.

    The remainder of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness and Tower Ridge Road will remain open and can be accessed from the west via Hays Road or Hunter Creek Road. Maintenance activities include transporting materials in preparation for rerouting a section of Cope Hollow Trail at a future date. Approximately 3700 feet, or 0.7 miles, of the trail is planned to be rerouted due to poor trail location in an old entrenched roadbed, a lack of proper drainage, soil type, trail width, and heavy horse use which have created significant resource damage; compromising trail sustainability, wilderness trail standards and wilderness character. In addition, trail braiding is occurring due to poor trail surface and old roadbed width, creating new user-made trails and damaging vegetation."

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    All take notice. Thanks Mescript.

    Hunter's Creek Rd is well marked off of SR446. 2nd CR south of TRRd.

    This will be interesting to see if this and the weather deters or concentrates the usual fall crush of folks flooding into the area.
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    Planning to be there later Friday afternoon as well. Hoping the rain keeps the day hikers away and there is parking spots at the fire tower. Otherwise it may be a longer hike in from one of the other trailheads which is fine.

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    Oh I had no idea!! I may just give up. Rolling in Friday night there could be nowhere to park. I'm not familiar with any parking to the east even though I drive that often.

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    If your getting there at dark, your odds will be better than me arriving at 4-5 while people are still out walking. The nearest spot to there is the parking area that heads to the Peninsula which is a few miles to the West, and the road could be walked to the firetower if necessary. Your welcome to park behind my Honda Element if I get a spot and nothing else is available when you arrive, and it could be parked somewhere else the following morning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mescript View Post
    An update on some road closures. Don't forget your hunter orange as well.

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/hoosi...ces/?aid=62788

    "For public safety during maintenance activities on October 22 and 23, the USDA Forest Service will temporarily close all National Forest System land located in the area bounded on the west by State Road 446, on the north by Tower Ridge Road, and on the south and east by Hunter Creek Road, as reflected on the map for Closure Order 09-12-20-10. This includes portions of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness, Grubb Ridge Trailhead, Blackwell Horse Camp, Brooks Cabin, Cope Hollow Trail, Martin Hollow Trail and Hunter Creek Trail. In addition, Monroe County Highway Department will close Tower Ridge Road from the intersection of Last Horse Lane east to the intersection with Hunter Creek Road for this period.

    The remainder of the Charles C. Deam Wilderness and Tower Ridge Road will remain open and can be accessed from the west via Hays Road or Hunter Creek Road. Maintenance activities include transporting materials in preparation for rerouting a section of Cope Hollow Trail at a future date. Approximately 3700 feet, or 0.7 miles, of the trail is planned to be rerouted due to poor trail location in an old entrenched roadbed, a lack of proper drainage, soil type, trail width, and heavy horse use which have created significant resource damage; compromising trail sustainability, wilderness trail standards and wilderness character. In addition, trail braiding is occurring due to poor trail surface and old roadbed width, creating new user-made trails and damaging vegetation."

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    Quote Originally Posted by TyRod View Post
    If your getting there at dark, your odds will be better than me arriving at 4-5 while people are still out walking. The nearest spot to there is the parking area that heads to the Peninsula which is a few miles to the West, and the road could be walked to the firetower if necessary. Your welcome to park behind my Honda Element if I get a spot and nothing else is available when you arrive, and it could be parked somewhere else the following morning.
    I planned on that big lot as a backup which wouldn't add much hiking time, but according to the map with red x's the road will be closed there. Hunter Creek TH is to the south by the church, but that's no fun. I certainly don't want to be jammed up after driving 3 hours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OneClick View Post
    I planned on that big lot as a backup which wouldn't add much hiking time, but according to the map with red x's the road will be closed there. Hunter Creek TH is to the south by the church, but that's no fun. I certainly don't want to be jammed up after driving 3 hours.
    Yeah, that's kind of a cluster F right there with the work going on and I get what your saying. I always come in from the East so I wouldn't have to mess with that and could easily map out the backroads from SR46 near Gnawbone that I take. The only other option if all the west trailheads are closed is to hopefully find one of the dispersed camp spots on CR1460 on the map to park at and hike in. There really isn't any parking spots on the East side of the fire tower on Tower Ridge other than a few fire road sections that a few cars could park at. I could PM my phone # if necessary to help if needed.
    But hopefully the parking at the fire tower will be good Friday afternoon since most people probably come from the west side and with construction going on, it'll deter them.

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