Crowell Ridge, North Fork Sullivan Creek — Thursday, Jul. 18, 2024

I’m pleased to report that Crowell Ridge is now in great shape! Despite hot temperatures our crew was able to accomplish a ton of work over four days, completing logout of the entirety of Crowell Ridge by day two, then focusing our efforts towards both logout of North Fork Sullivan Creek and some extensive brushing work on day three, and wrapping up with extra brushing and drainage work on day four as we exited. The crew even managed to convince me to get started at 6:30am each morning to take advantage of the cooler morning temperatures! That gave us lots of afternoon time for hiding in the shade and enjoying some reading and visiting time. This is among my favorite campsites for fantastic views! Things ended up a bit hazy due to numerous fires, but that also led to amazing sunrises and sunsets. The bugs were annoying at dawn and dusk but not too bad during the day.