Finally, FR 9070 has been maintained! Four small patches of “take it real slow” on the way up, but easy to clear with a sedan— nothing like the oil-pan-scraping ruts that kept me off this trail in 2022.
I was tacking this onto the end of my day, so I just climbed the switchbacks and wandered a little distance into the lovely alpine forest above. Eighteen switchbacks in twenty-two minutes… the first stretch of this trail is a booty kicker if you’re taking it fast. However, it’s such a lovely, underrated trail that I’ve hiked it about five times now, and I plan to bring my six-year-old out soon.
Huckleberry season is wrapping up— I still found a few. Not a bug to be slapped. Misty, foggy, and wild.
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