Hike Highlights: the miles and miles of ripe huckleberries along the trail; the groves of old (second) growth cedars and firs in the 1st mile along the Chiwawa flood plain; and standing, thigh-high, in the not painfully cold Chiwawa River at the end of a very long and hot hike.
Hike Lowlights: lots of brush along sections of the trail (route finding not difficult per se; you just need to keep your eyes down to see where the fairly well-worn trail heads) and quite a few of downed trees in/across the trail to climb over, around, or under (~13 in the 2.5 miles after the river and ~23 in the last 2 miles).
Observations:
— Cross over the Chiwawa (for the trail up to the lake) on the log-jam slightly downstream from where the “Foot” crossing drops down to the river. There are a better set of sturdy, jammed logs there.
— The “Horse Crossing” back from the lake has five more downed trees and lots of brush plus a 2-3 foot drop from the river bank to the river.
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