Johnson Creek - Medra Pass, Way Creek — Friday, May. 19, 2023

We did a couple different day hikes from the Beverly Campground in the Teanaway.  On Friday, May 19 we walked up the Johnson Medra (1383) to just about high point at 5400 ft.  At the top there was still quite a bit of snow along a steep slope and it was getting late so we turned around.  The snow would have been hard to cross.  There was lots of water along most of the trail.  There were also many logs down across the trail.  We could get around, over or under all of them but it was slow going.  The trail also had a fair amount of brush across the trail.  On Saturday, May 20 we hiked trail 1383.1 up to the intersection with Way creek Trail (1235) then hiked 1235 for a mile before we turned around.  Again, there were quite a few trees down across the trail.  There were very few flying, biting bugs both days though we did find 2 ticks on us.  I am sure it didn’t help that we were constantly brushing against and crawling over trees and brush.