The last two miles of the access road to the Grassy Knoll trail are really in tough shape with potholes over 4 ft in diameter. I made it in my Ford Contour but the road is more suitable for cars with more ground clearance or SUV's. The Grassy Knoll trail is in good well maintained condition between the trailhead and Cold Springs Camp (about a mile above Grassy Knoll). Between Cold Springs Camp and the top of Big Huckleberry Mountain there are more than 20 trees down across the trail. There is one 100 ft stretch of trail with more than 8 trees down over the trail. Some of these trees are over 30 inches in diameter. Some have been there so long that there are well worn paths around the blow-down. The trail is so overgrown in areas above Cold Spring Camp that is difficult to see the trail under the overgrowth. The views from the Grassy Knoll, Grassy Pass, and Big Huckleberry Mountian were well worth the trouble. Expect to see numerous mountain bikers on the trail. It's a shame that the access road and the trail above Grassy Knoll are in such bad shape given that this is one of the trails that requires a NW Forest Pass. This experience has made me even more cynical about the NW Forest Pass program. Jory

Did the Grassy Knoll/Big Huckleberry Mtn. walk on Sat July 3 in mild overcast weather. Great wildflowers...a good year for beargrass' Saw a few fresh bear excavations in ant colonies along the trail. Discontinuous snow patches approx. 1-2 feet thick in treed areas near Cold Springs Camp.