7 mile

Off the top of Murphy Dome there are many trails heading off in all directions but there are two main "roads" that lead into the bush. One road is called 15 mile and goes to the Minto flats which is to the west of us at Dougs property. That road is actually a drivable road and a lot of people are able to haul their boats to the river. The trail that we take from the top of the Dome out to Dougs is called 7 mile. A good portion of the trail off the top is fairly even and not to bumpy but about 3/4 of the way down things get pretty rough. With the great weather we've had this summer the upper part of the trail we call the road has been in very good condition. This has allowed Doug to drive his truck down 7 mile, 3/4 of the way and drop off loads. Then we drive back and forth from the river with the 4 wheelers, drop the loads at the river, or drive across the river, which we can do right now with the low water. I took some video driving the 4 wheeler from the river up the hill to the drop spot to give you an idea of what it takes to get freight down the hill. Some of the trail i didn't take video of, in between the river and the "rock slide," but when it rains that area is a super swamp and you have to weave all around to avoid the deep mud bogs. I of course had to slit it into a couple videos so I'll get part 2 up a quick as i can.