The above pic is from Atwell Mill looking toward the East Fork complex. Sawtooth peak is on the left horizon.

This last weekend I went back to the Atwell/East Fork grove to measure some more of the trees in the grove that I had not gotten to doing last year.  It was a good weekend, it was still perfect weather to hike up in the mountains, I managed to measure a few trees, and I got my first bear sighting of the year. The snow line was pretty low and it was a bit cool at night, but fortunately it warmed up nicely in the middle of the day.

While I was up the hill I also checked up on the diamond tree to see if the fire from a couple years ago had started showing any delayed reactions to the loss of its core to fire. There were none I could see. Despite being burned most of the way up its core for a hundred feet, the top of the tree is still fully green and it still looks healthy in every way. 

Specs are shown below on some of the trees that I measured over the long weekend:

East Fork:

Splitter
Base circumference:  61' 
DBH:  16.95' 
Height:  223' 
Volume:  21,342 Cubic Feet

Medusa
Base circumference:  62' 
DBH:  15.6' 
Height:  219' 
Volume:  16,764 Cubic Feet


Atwell:

Upper Diamond Area Tree
Base circumference:  65' 
DBH:  17.3' 
Height:  269' 
Volume:  21,454 Cubic Feet




Below are some pics of the ones I measured in the groves this time:  Splitter, Medusa, and the Upper Diamond Area one.

If you crawl inside it you can see that the Diamond tree has a burn all the way up its core to the height of the diamond where it opens to the outside.  Below are some current pics of the tree looking from the front, side and inside up thru its core.  The hollow in it is not wide enough to go all the way across its heartwood's width so I am hoping it has not lost the majority of its stability and structural strength. Its top is still showing fully green also, which encourages me greatly.

The Touchdown Jesus tree is completely denuded of any greenery. Last year i was worried for it from the distance view I got of it; unfortunately, it also looks like it's passed on from close up. By now it should be showing something green if it was going to survive.

And there were some animals... I saw what was probably the same bear twice on my last day, about a half mile and a couple hours apart. He didn't see me the first time, but the second I saw him visibly startle at the sight of me. Maybe that's a descriptor of me after three days wandering in the woods. I'm sure it was the same bear because in heading back I found where he crossed the creek; two miles from any trail or road it had to be his tracks, no one else was around.

There were a few deer I saw too.