This trail is pretty easy except for the dozens of downed trees. My hiking buddy is super short and after scrambling over waist high dead fall for several miles, she was beat. This scrambling added a considerable amount of time to our trip.

The trail winds through a large burn scar and you are in the sun most of the time. We went early, around 7am it was 46 degrees in late July. It was above 70 when we returned after lunchtime but felt hotter without shade.

Trail is almost always in site or earshot of the water. Absolutely beautiful springs pouring out of the ground at the headwaters. Freezing cold water, endless flowers, tons of berries, and thick mosses create a babbling oasis here. I can only imagine the splendor before it burned.

Highlight for me was the thousands of yellow monkey flowers growing out of the downed trees in the river. I have never seen a site quite like this.