Crowell Ridge — Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020

This hike has gorgeous views throughout, but it's one of those trails that is so rocky you have to stare down at the ground most of the time to keep from tripping. I hiked from the trailhead off FR 245 near the Sullivan Lake fire lookout to the junction with trail 507 and then climbed up on the ridge. There are a couple of dozen downed trees on the trail. Trail is easy to follow. Getting there requires four miles on a bad road followed by seven miles on an even worse road. It took almost an hour in a 4WD pickup just to get from the highway turnoff to the trailhead. I don't think it would have been possible to make it in a car, although there was motorcycle parked at the trailhead when I left, which is impressive. This hike has a lot of elevation loss followed by elevation regain.