Spent the night at Cold Springs Camp, hiked up to Big Huckleberry Mountain and some of the PCT before coming back to the Cold Springs Camp for the night. Overall, the tread is in great shape, the trail is somewhat brushy in places but not at all impassable. My original intention was to pick berries--unfortunately the huckleberries are all gone by now. If you intend on hiking all the way to Big Huckleberry, extend your trip just a quarter mile north on the PCT and there's a great view of Mt. Adams. Additionally, the Cold Springs can be found on a .1 mile or less trail taking off north from the campsite. Even this late in the season, it had water that was both cold and delicious.
I drove into Grassy Knoll trailhead from Willard (from the east) on NF68. The gravel road is in fantastic shape after the maintenance done in conjunction with the timber sale in the area.
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