CCC Road: Blowout Creek Trailhead — Saturday, Jul. 19, 2025

Warning: Cougar encounter
The trail started on a road with many mountain bikers but no other hikers. Once we turned off at the trailhead and crossed a bridge we found ourselves in an incredibly quiet forest area in which the trail was fairly overgrown. Luckily the overgrown plants were not thorny or dangerous. There were a few creek crossing but nothing that was challenging in the least. After about an hour of hiking in, we heard a cougar clearly warning us to not get closer. We grabbed a stick, raised our voices and headed back to the car without any further issues.