Lower South Fork: Great condition for the first 5 miles, big thanks to the WTA BCRT crew working this weekend regrading the trail and doing logout. Brushy after that, but trail was still visible. Lots of large trees over the river heading towards the Church Creek Shelter, but if you're not comfortable with log jam crossing this shouldn't be your first. Fallen tree blocking half the forest road 2361 to upper trailhead, but most cars should be able to drive around it.
Upper South Fork: Seems like this trail hasn't seen maintenance in a long time, but it was still easy to follow. Intermittent snow became permanent snow just after Tumble Creek about 2 miles in. No way to keep feet dry at the next river crossing, and with more snow on the other side, I opted to come back once it was snow free. If you're intent on crossing here, your best bet would be upstream at the widest part (see last pic), which was slower and more shallow than the divergent bits.
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