5 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain •
My wife and son were done hiking on this last driving home day of the trip, so they dropped me off for a very short hike at the northern trail of the Colonel Bob Wilderness. There was only one other couple seen during the entire hike. The first half of my 2.5 mile out portion of the hike is a nicely graded forest trail (with old growth). At about 1.25 miles I reached a blowdown area (found it designated as such on the forest service info page) and found this certainly was as specified. The good part to this story is that an exceptional job was done clearing the trail and no problem hiking through. The trail is a bit gnarly but it makes it more interesting! The blowdown area is also afforded a view of the nearby ridge! I wish I had the time to make it to the Mulkey shelter at four miles out but had to turn back because of time.
