Well we left it better than we found it; Downey Creek trail. There were 7 of us on day one and 8 on day 2. Most were experienced WTA or PCTA trail workers along with a few other volunteers; but all had some previous logout experience. Mike T. says he has kind of "adopted this trail", as he has put many hours into clearing it of brush and downed trees. On this trip he figured we did significant work by clearing 12 blocking trees over the two day period. On the first day 4 of us worked clearing a mess about 3.7 miles in, while 3 others went about a mile beyond before finding fallen trees. On the second day 5 of us cleared at about 5 miles in while 3 others went beyond about a half mile to find work. All of us had hiked back to camp at the Downey creek trailhead on the first day, after stashing tools. So the second days trip was a much longer hike (10 or 11 miles roundtrip) without the added tool burden going in. The trail is now easier to traverse to about a mile before reaching Sixmile Camp. There are still a few trees down that will require significant time to remove but all are easy to negotiate around.
Type of Hike
OvernightTrail Conditions
Obstacles on trail:Trees down across trail,
Muddy or wet trail,
Overgrown in places.
Road
Road suitable for all vehiclesBugs
No bugsSnow
Snow free
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