This trail is ruined by how much horse poop there is. It is all the way up the Knob trail, and on the ridge trail. Only place we didn't see it was on Road A. It was disgusting on the Knob trail, and worse was how many big slugs were on the piles of shit, eating it I presume. Gross. If there was that much dog shit on a trail people would freak out, but some how horse owners get a pass for not having to pick up their animal's waste even though the piles are HUGE. Do not recommend this trail to anyone! 

Encountered some families and horses. The trail to the top of the knob (where the view and the picnic table is), is an unmarked side trail from the main loop, and has minor fallen trees over it.

Hiked up Holder Ridge trail to Holder Knob. Total distance was just over 4 miles. Beautiful drippy, rainy Memorial Day hike.  Salmon berries are starting to come out. Forest was beautiful and green. The trail was in very good shape except for a few muddy spots. We were there middle of the day on Memorial Day and only saw one group of horse riders.  Not too hard to social distance on this trail especially on a rainy day.

This was a close-in easy trail for our family. Not too many people at all which was nice but we found out why: since it is a shared equestrian trail, there is a ton of horse poop. And slugs eating the poop. My daughter found this cool...so I guess that’s a win. Also ran into an issue where we were going to make it a loop and come off Holder Knob on the southeast side via Whiskey Still but when we got to the Boot trail the fork down to Carey Creek was closed. Would have helped to have a sign at trailhead or some of the markers midway indicating that part of the trails were closed. We doubled back along Whiskey Still and ended up taking Holder Ridge Trail back to the car. Overall a decent hike and the picnic table by the horse rest area on the knob was a nice place to take a break. There is usually a good view of Tahoma, it was cloudy that day. 

Several of the trails here are closed due to construction or washout: Holder Creek, Boot and part of Sherwood were closed.  Road A is washed out in one section, though there is a point where it is crossable.

We ended up hiking Holder Ridge, down to Whiskey Still, then came back up Road A.  It wasn't as long of a hike as we had planned, but still a pleasant enough day.