My hiking pal Frank joined me on my Thursday hike this week. He and I decided that we should get up on the North Fork Sauk Trail since he had never been. It was his first hike of the season so I figured I would take it easy on him.
I was worried about the trail being washed out 1 mile in, but not to worry because someone has done an excellent job of rerouting the trail above the washout. They did a superb job! I figured we would turn around at Red Creek since that is 4 miles in and the fact that I didn't want to get my socks and boots all wet. To my suprise, there is a very easy rock hop spot right in the middle of the old horse crossing. We didn't get our feet wet at all!
It took us 2 and a half hours to get to Mackinaw Shelter, which is 5 miles in. We ate lunch down by the Sauk River, where we both splashed our faces off in the ice cold water. And on the way out, there were horses walking accross Red Creek. They were walking over the rocks that were creating a good passage for hikers across the creek. Very inconsiterate.
Trail was in prime conditions. The open rock slide areas have been knocked down nicely. Also we checked out the crossing to Pilot Ridge. It looks to be intact. Actually a pretty good crossing. There were some bugs off and on.
The two pictures show the Red Creek crossing and the new trail after the trail had been washed out.
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