Assertion of the Owner's Rights to Scenic Hot Springs

adverse possession ... "squatter's rights"A means of acquiring title to real estate where an occupant has been in actual, open, notorious, exclusive, and continuous occupancy of property for the period required by state law.In common law, adverse possession is the process by which title to another's real property is acquired without compensation, by holding the property in a manner that conflicts

Trip Report: Thursday, Nov 12th, 2009

Posted with permission:We did make it into Scenic on Thursday (yesterday). The trail in was hard-packed snow, a bit icy in places. Took us 1.5 hours in, from the parking area in the works yard. There's about 50 cm (20 inches) of snow on the ground at the springs. Good footwear (boots) is now essential. Running shoes, which some people were using, won't do now - too dangerous. I'd discourage

Updates

Snow is coming down. Especially from Wednesday through Friday there is a winter storm warning for the Cascades. There is an Owner's Event Thursday; accordingly access to the springs is not being given out. The springs will additionally be closed through Friday (or beyond) until we see how much snow has fallen in the area.Plows have already built up a snow berm across the entrance at Hwy 2.