The first mile is pretty much as always, except for a bit more spots of overgrown brush from the land rebuilding from the fire two years ago, but the tread is there and you just need to look down to follow it. The first creek crossing is fine with plenty of logs. After that, it is intermittently good and then very overgrown and tree suckers are thick. But again, look down and you can follow the trail
The old second trail crossing back to the south side of the creek is gone, the logs are there but they go nowhere. We search for the trail and it faintly would start and stop in an almost impassable thicket. Once through that, we couldn't pick up the trail anywhere.
Went back across the creek to the north side and followed the trail for 100 meters and it just stopped in a rock field.
Last year I continued on the rock to see if that went through, it didn't. I don't know where the old trail went, looks like the foliage has claimed it back.
We saw about 5 rattlesnakes. One very large one I almost stepped on while using my trekking pole to beat through the thicket on the trail. He was moving away quickly as I came through. Nothing to worry about, you just need to pay attention.
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