Started at Duckabush to backpack for 1 night at 10 mile camp as a conditioner. The trail until you get to the national park 6.5m in is pretty well maintained except for some brush overgrowth here and there. Beyond that there is significant tree fall on trail that requires some crawling or circumnavigating and significant brush overgrowth onto the trail. Saw some bear scat on the trail but it was dry. The best vistas are when going over the ridge 3.5 or 4 miles in. Good views of the river for long portions. Saw only 6 people. The sites at 2 mile and 5 mile are the best. The site at 10 mile is literally in the middle of the trail so I backtracked to 8 mile and set up camp there. Very buggy until I got the fire going. It was not bad but I’ll find somewhere else next time.
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