County Line

We decided to try a new way of getting to Iron Bear. This is the fourth way that we know to reach that viewpoint. The others are Iron Creek, Bear Creek and Teanaway Ridge trail. This time we took the County Line trail from Old Blewett summit to the junction with the Teanaway Ridge trail and on to the Iron Bear viewpoint. We had a hard time finding the trailhead. To get there take the Old Blewett highway to the summit. At the summit, go west on a dirt road. Stay left at the first junction. The road goes around the side of the hill and comes to another junction. Again stay left. After a bit there is another junction, go left again. That road is signed #270. A short distance down that road is a road to the right with a sign that says Tr. 1226. That is the start of the County Line trail. We chose to walk the road (.7 mile) as we did not know what it would be like. It is drivable to the actual trailhead if you don't mind a rough road and some narrow brushy spots. The trail crosses an old road farther along. We took the road as we didn't spot the trail on the other side until we returned. It didn't matter as they both went to the same place. This trail is used by motorcycles and there are a couple of quite steep sections. After the steep climbs the trail goes up and down along the ridge top. We gained 2250' in elevation and did about 7 miles.
Last fall we were heading up Shaser Creek road toward the Old Blewett summit and we came across a trail sign. We decided to check it out, but as it was late in the day we didn't go very far. We assumed it was the County Line trail. However, it turns out that we were wrong. We tried to find that trail today and could not locate it, which was a good thing because it was not the right trail anyway. There was no place on the County Line trail that even remotely resembled the trail that we were on last fall. So the location and name of that trail remain a total mystery.