21.5 miles of hiking • 4500' elevation gain • 2 nights
Mix of bushwhacking, hiking on trails, and logging roads. This area has some true jewels, but also some overgrowing-clearcut-like terrain to hike through, to get to the best places. A lot of variety, some places completely destroyed by 1980 eruption, other places mostly intact, sometimes just yards apart. Was surprised how little used these trails are, even Boundary Trail with its awesome views and just above the road gets overgrown in places. Would definitely come to explore more, and camp at Strawberry Lake when mosquitoes at the lake die off.
