Johnson Creek - Medra Pass, Jungle Creek, Way Creek, Koppen Mountain & Malcolm Mountain — Saturday, Jun. 21, 2014

Set out to do a loop, starting at the Johnson-Medra trailhead. Headed up the Jungle Creek trail, and used the Way Creek trail to connect to the Koppen Mountain trail. The Jungle Creek trail had a few blowdowns and some overgrown sections. Fortunately the vegetation was dry, and still low enough to not slow us down much. Had no trouble following the first part of the Koppen Mountain trail to Malcolm Mountain, though there were some tedious sections traversing gravel slopes. Passed quite a few established campsites (some even equipped for stock) along the E and N ridges of Malcolm Mountain, and noticed a spring with fresh water on the NE side. Continuing N, the Koppen Mountain trail appeared to split into several paths (or game trails). The options were either traversing more slopes, or bushwhacking. We ended up doing a bit of both. The path was obvious again past Pt 5343. Set up camp just south of Johnson-Medra pass. Didn't see any water sources at the pass, but there were a few patches of snow along the ridge. Followed the Johnson-Medra trail back to the trailhead the next day. The trail had been cleared of blowdowns, but was as overgrown as the Jungle Creek trail. There were several stream crossings, all easy to hop over. Encountered a total of three parties on this trip.

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