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GRAYWOLVES - Duckabush (ONP), multi-day backcountry logout

Date & Time: 06/20/2026 08:00 AM TO 06/26/2026 05:00 PM

Duckabush (ONP), multi-day backcountry logout

Start date: June 20
End date (tentatively): June 26
Total days: 7 (might change a little once I scout the project zone)

Objective: logout the ONP Duckabush trail from 7-Mile Camp to as far west as we can safely and realistically make it. ONP crews will be heading up the Duckabush to do a lot of work later in the summer. I am trying to clear the path for their mules and also free up time for them to address some long-term backlog maintenance on this trail.

This is strictly a chainsaw logout trip. Anyone who is on this crew is either a certified chainsaw sawyer or someone who wants to support a saw team**. I can use 6 certified sawyers and 3 saw assistants (3 teams of two sawyers plus one assistant).

Must be self-supporting in a backcountry setting.

We have stock support scheduled from the Rachael and Matthew Tuller and Harold Wiese to 7-Mile camp for our entrance, and from nearly 10-Mile camp for our exit. Stock will carry in all the tools, PPE and a little weight out of your pack (I'll solidify this when it gets closer). We will carry the rest of our personal gear.

Start camp: 7-Mile Camp
When it seems appropriate, we'll move camp to 10-Mile camp (which is closer to 11 miles). Most likely if we work further west than that we will continue to stay camped at 10-Mile.

**What does it mean to support a saw team? A saw assistant has a critical job. The elements of that job are:
> help with carrying the weight of the saw equipment and other tools.
> help with swamping (clearing branches and the log rounds we cut).
> clean up or repair the tread as necessary once the log is cleared.
> hand brush in spots - we cannot reasonably hand brush this entire trail (and we will not be running brushers on this crew), and it's a waste of time to hand brush salmonberry which grows in abundance on this trail. However, there are plenty of places where new trees are attempting to grow in the 2009 burn zone. Those trees are getting too big and growing over the trail. It is exceedingly helpful for someone who is not sawing to spend time cutting those trees flush to the ground or pulling them by the roots if possible. It makes a huge difference and, unlike salmonberry, those won't grow back.
> do sporadic tread work and drainage as necessary along the route.
> be a trail guard and a third set of eyes and ears so we all stay safe and don't harm any hikers.

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