13.09.2009
A big portion of the trail is on an abundant logging road. It is overgrown and it has not been maintained for a long time. I had even doubt that we were following the right way and we took a detour up hoping that we would hit a proper trail. There are many spider webs on the trail. They literally became our trail markers. The trail conditions slightly improves when the steep section starts but this is when we decided to turn back as we were short in time. I estimated we still needed 3 more hours to get to the peak.
Rainy Creek logging road is absolutely rough. I did it before by 2x car last year but I don't know how I managed that. Fortunately today, we had a car with high clearance.
On the way back, we checked out McNair Creek logging road and it seemed that it was doable by 4x4. I believe this provides a better access point. Another idea is from Mount Steele trailhead.
Our whole trip took 7 hours. I wouldn't recommend the trail that we did to anyone.
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