Largest trees within 60 miles of Portland, OR

Trapper Creek Wilderness in southwestern Washington. As far as I know, only the Salmon River Trail near Mt. Hood rivals these trees.

The gallery for the story on these:
http://www.pbase.com/fjp/sl_2005_06_jun_11

Samples:

Western Red Cedar, twelve feet in diameter

NIKON D2X    ---    31mm    f/11.0    1/1s    ISO 100

Douglas Fir eight to nine feet in diameter, with yours truly posing with it

NIKON D2X    ---    29mm    f/16.0    2s    ISO 100

Pretty little view along the trail at 12mm

NIKON D2X    ---    12mm    f/16.0    1/2s    ISO 100

Another very large Western Red Cedar

NIKON D2X    ---    18mm    f/16.0    3s    ISO 100

Soda Lake, 2,500 feet above, and 3 miles from the trailhead

NIKON D2X    ---    12mm    f/16.0    1/15s    ISO 100

Soda Peak, at about 4,500 feet, rising above Soda Lake

NIKON D2X    ---    25mm    f/11.0    1/30s    ISO 100

 

No Sitka Spruce nearby

Hi, greyflash.

No, there wouldn't be any Sitka Spruce nearby. They only grow near the Pacific Ocean in the forest lowlands, no more than about 15 miles inland. I was 120 miles from the coast.