Green River — Friday, Jul. 26, 2024

Camped at Green River Horse Camp and hiked a couple miles down the Green River Trail (TR 213) until we hit the old growth. The trail starts in a salvage-logged landscape, where nearly all the trees are the same age and same species (all younger than 44 years). Also note the number of massive stumps and root balls of the ancient trees killed by the eruption (they generally face the same direction), which were harvested. Then you abruptly enter old growth with an incredible diversity of trees (species, size, shape, amount of lichen/moss cover) with a dense understory. Wow. Tis indeed a lovely trail.