The beauty, the experience, the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area
located in Southern Oregon

With packs that took a grunt to get into, we left our truck at the Onion Camp Trailhead. Five days later, twenty miles under our boots, and traversing elevations from 5000 feet to 1500 feet, we would emerge at the Babyfoot Trailhead, & whoever was standing would make the last mile jaunt to get the truck.

Join us & share our Memorial Day weekend, May 26 to 30, 2001

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The large red dots on the right are the starting and ending points to our trip. The smaller red dots around the yellow loop are our camping spots, and the blue dots are areas of interest that we found.

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December 2002
The Kalmiopsis was the center of the Biscuit Complex Fire which burned for over 3 months during the summer of 2002 and covered almost 500,000 acres (July through September).

That makes our trip all the more special, for things will look different when we go back. We haven't had a chance to get into the heart of the Kalmiopsis, but from what We've seen on the north end from York Butte, the fire was a good thing for the health of the wilderness areas. From looking at the "damage maps" that were produced, some of the hardest hit areas were within the circle of our trip, we'll have to plan another trip to see for ourselves. But that's not all bad, in some places the trail was so overgrown you would have had to be a rabbit to get through easily, nevermind a big pack!