North Fork Sauk River — Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021

This is less a trip report for the actual trail and more for the road. 

Road: The Mtn. Loop Hwy is slick and potholed for sure, but still fairly ok for now. That'll probably change fairly soon. The last 6.4 miles on NF Rd 49 are in horrible condition. An abundance of potholes that you won't be able to avoid throughout the entire road, a few of which fill nearly the entire road at points. I would highly advise avoiding this road if you don't have a high clearance vehicle. It took us about 45 minutes to drive that 6.4 miles.

Trail: The trail is in surprisingly great condition! The fall foliage is past peak and now majority of it is on the ground, but it still beautiful and we saw so many different mushrooms (no photos of them unfortunately). We only went about 3.5 miles up trail due to time constraints and because the drive in too much longer than we anticipated.