Reply To: Hunting SGWA, Vivian Creek (5/1) and Mineshaft Flats (5/23-5/25) with pictures

[Hikin Jim]

Hi, Justin,

Oh, good.  I’m always heartened when I hear that someone has actually found something I wrote useful.

I really need to update my posts there.  Some things, like the Grinnell loop, really aren’t going to be appropriate for most people, post-fire.  The lower section below Aspen Grove is said to be a real bushwhack and that there really isn’t a followable trail any more.  Grinnell Ridge Camp, last I passed through, was a barren moonscape.  It didn’t seem like an inviting place to camp which is a real shame.  It was a big, natural flat area ringed by large pines, and, best of all, it was only lightly used.

HJ