| Sipsey
Wilderness, Alabama |
BobSmith |
| Sep
14, 2004 18:06 PDT |
I hear that the Sipsey Wilderness in Alabama has a lot of old
growth
there in the 25K acres of designated wilderness. Also, that
they're
trying to add a lot of acreage to the wilderness.
Has anyone here been in there? My own love of wild places is
mainly for
my native South, and specifically the Southern Appalachians.
This area
looks like a good place to do some hiking and bushwhacking. |
| Re:
Sipsey Wilderness, Alabama |
Neil
Pederson |
| Sep
14, 2004 18:14 PDT |
Bob,
Its a nice place. I hiked in there once. I recall seeing a lot
of
umbrella magnolia before going into the cool ravine with
hemlock. It
was a nice place for a Yanque to visit while in Alabama.
Ed Cook cored white oak in there, perhaps with Dave Stahle in
late
1985 or sometime in 1986. According to his data it looks like ~
1/2
of the trees sampled are 250+ years old. 2 of the trees were
over 300
years.
Neil
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