Harvey Manning Trail, Fred's Railroad, Quarry & Shy Bear — Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2025

10 ish mile hike in the Cougar Mt area starting at Harvey Manning TH. Lots of slush and mud on the trail.

We did a “figure-8” loop starting at Harvey Manning to Fred’s Railroad to Shy Bear up to Wilderness Peak, then back tracked to Shy Bear and looped around to Doughty Falls, Far Country Falls, Coal Creek Falls and finally back to the TH via the Quarry trail. Whew!

Beautiful snowy morning with muddy, slushy trails. The new overlook at Doughty falls is lovely. There are a few trees down, but thanks to those who recently cleared all the big trees that would have passed a real problem.

The road up to the TH was a bit icy in the morning, but melted out by noon. Portapotties at TH open and clean.