We were hoping to hike juniper ridge, but could not make it to the trailhead. There were lots (probably ~30) of fallen trees in the road 3 miles from the trail head and we didn't want to add an additional 6 miles RT to the hike.
Ended up doing High bridge trail to Tongue Mountain, starting at the trailhead on NF-29 (the WTA map will take you to a different one on NF-2904). The trail is deeply rutted from dirt bikes so it feels like you're walking up a drainage ditch. Very steep hike, so I would recommend poles for the way down. We were able to see bear grass, fairy slippers, and trillium flower blooms! We Did not go all the way to the top -- still getting back into hiking shape after the COVID-19 hiatus -- because even though the weather forecast was sun, we could only see down the valley and all mountains were obscured. There is a bridge out, but the river is easily passable by staying on the trail to the left once you see the "danger bridge out" sign. Staying on that trail, you want to take a left after about 3/4 of a mile from the trailhead (if you go right you will end back at the bridge). You will eventually meet up with the Tongue Mountain Trail ~1.5-1.75 miles after the trailhead. Stay to the right (heading SE towards Tongue Mt). Eventually you will see signs (~2 miles from the trailhead) pointing to Tongue Mt, continue to follow those. We only ran into one other group while we were there and when we were packing up our car we saw 3 dirt bikes head up.
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