I think the shelter was wiped out years ago by a flood; none of the old-timers I know remember it ever standing. These logs were about 25 yards from the most likely site it would have sat, where there was another large, chinked log.
A hundred years ago this trail was built for access to mines further up the valley but no one can recall the shelter. I knew it wasn't there but I wanted to search for wreckage anyways. It made a good destination to point to on the map for the five-year-old as well, she likes to know where we're going <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />