Description:

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This is a trail that was recovered due to the efforts of Sig Johnsen and the Scorpions. While the recovery is not complete, it may be hiked from FS 150 in four parts: a mile through varying woodland up to the road; cross the road and go another several tenths of a mile in denser woods meeting the road again, and climbing 1.2 miles again to the Winberry Divide trail, where we will go left at the junction another 0.7 miles over and down to FS 5823. We will turn around. FS5823 goes 5 miles back down to the North Shore road of the Lookout Point reservoir and the trail may be accessed from that side. On the way back, we will go briefly past the junction with the trail we came up to another road, more overgrown, which connects with the other trails-road-trails that leads back 4 miles to the North Shore road, 3 miles west of 5823. That is a beautiful trail in spring time with a couple of lovely small streams and does not have many visitors.

This is a nice woods, but the views are sparse with occasional ravines and views of the Cascade foothills. It might give those who hike this an idea of what trail work entails. This was power brushed in hot summer sun and the mud dug out on a cold snowy winter day. There are bypasses that need to be made, a rootball that needs to be worked, and steps that were built in 2007 that fell into disrepair. On the way back we will walk the road back to the bottom, which has its own story.