Lund Park
Parking area is here at Lund Park, also camping facilities as well. Lund Park was actually a stop over for miners going to the Bohemia Mines. A hotel and Inn were here until after 1940. As late as 1960 a family still lived here in the last building standing. Hardly any evidence any more as to what was here.
Marten Flume Creek
The Marten Flume Trail head is at Lund Park on Brice Creek Road in the Bohemia Mining District. the flume carried water down from Marten Creek to a catch basin that in turn ran an electric generator to provide power to the local Hotel and road side inn at Lund Park. The flume was built in the 1920’s and snow destroyed it sometime in the 1950’s at which time it was not rebuilt. The buildings are all long gone now, the last building standing, had a family living in it until sometime around 1960, possibly later.
The trail is rated difficult and we were on it just after it rained, which made it more difficult due to the wet and muddy conditions. Very steep portions with no gravel making it slick in spots and other locations with debris to climb over.
Trail was cut into the side of the mountain, which was very steep when getting off of the trail.
The trail eventually will come to a cross trail you can take to connect to Knott Trail or continue on back to Lund Park.
Some of the scenery available along the trail.
This is actually a caved in mine. I do not know how far in it went at one time and it also is possible that it was used as a cellar for the local inn and hotel. I remember seeing it back in the mid 60’s and at that time it still had not caved in.
Yours truly with hiking buddy. If you are thinking of finding this trail and trying it out, please remember that it is bear country.
My sister with her trail pal.
The trail is through what looks a lot like old growth forest but I believe that it is old second growth. The trail loop is around two miles, and exited about 100 yards east of where we started, at Marten Creek.
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