I hiked from the eastern terminus of this trail on the Hall Ck Rd side to the saddle between Seventeenmile Mtn and Fire Mtn for a summit hike of Seventeenmile. The trail is in good shape and the road is not bad if you have a little clearance. This is a section of The PNT but looks to get little use at this end.
Once at the saddle, I left the maintained trail and began towards the summit in fairly open terrain where I encountered tell-tale cut logs and cairns marking an old trail. I followed it until it began dropping down a drainage away from the intended destination. From there the going gets tough with about 1 mile and 1000 vertical ft of bushwhacking through sections of deadfall interspersed with slabby areas that give occasional respite. Near the top is particularly bad with many small diameter trees piled in jackstraw fashion.
The summit views are good and this is a nice place to recharge before dropping back into the bush.
7.1 miles RT and 2245' gain.
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