East Fork Foss - Necklace Valley — Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2022

The road to the TH is in great shape. 

Shout out to the cheerful forest service crew that passed us on the way up carrying lots of heavy tools. They took out a dozen logs crossing the trail and made the way down easier.  Having said that, we still found this trail very challenging.   Once you cross the river (on two seperate log crossings-the first one the handrail is gone, the second one is plenty wide) you immediately scramble up a boulder field (see photo) before reaching the trail which is very steep all the way to Jade Lake, with lots of rocks and roots.  Jade lake has one very nice campsite at the far end.  The lake itself was muddy around the shoreline which made for less than desirable swimming.   There's one toilet in the area; near the cabin.  As someone else mentioned, there are tons of ripe blueberries.  On a weekday, we had Jade Lake to ourselves.