14. Abercrombie Mountain
ç DIFFICULTY 5
HABITAT: More than 30,000 acres
of lodgepole pine forest and subalpine meadows interspersed with
whitebark pine and Douglas fir.
WILDLIFE: Black and grizzly
bears, wolverine, pine marten,
mule deer, elk, moose, pileated
woodpecker, goshawk, cougar,
wolf.
Abercrombie Mountain. © Craig Romano
VIEWING OPPORTUNITY: The
6.5-mile roundtrip hike on the Abercrombie Mountain Trail explores
lodgepole pine forests and subalpine meadows on the southwest flank
of Abercrombie Mountain.
ACCESS: In downtown Colville, turn right (east) on Third Avenue.
At just over a mile, turn left (north) on Aladdin Road (County Road
9435). At 27.5 miles, bear right at a Y on Deep Lake–Boundary Road
(County Road 9445). Follow this road 7.3 miles, past Deep Lake, to
Silver Creek Road (County Road 4720). Turn right. In 2 miles, bear
left onto NF Road 7078. Drive Road 7078 4.5 miles. Turn right on NF
Road 300 and drive 3.3 slow, rough miles to the trailhead.
Grizzly bears
(Ursus arctos horribilis)
Northeast Washington is home to one
of Washington's two populations of
grizzly bears. Primarily solitary creatures, grizzlies forage in the Selkirks
for nuts, fruits, roots, leaves, and berries, and also prey on fish and other
animals and feed on carrion. Grizzlies once lived in much of western
North America and even roamed the
Great Plains. Now fewer than 30 are
thought to live in the region.
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