South Fork: Up River
Shasta-Trinity National Forest (red line for day 1, click for map ) DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 Fall is here! I decided to greet the new season with a backpacking trip. I keep meaning to see what the South Fork Trinity River Trail (a National Recreation Trail over part or all, depending on which source you believe) has to offer. Last year I even got as far as calling Hayfork Ranger Station for conditions. They said the damaged bridge at Scott Flat was repaired, but couldn't say anything about the "other bridges". (They are as well as can be expected, as it turns out.) For some reason, there's two web sites for information about the trail ( here and here ) and they both give unusually bad information for a Forest Service site. For instance, they both still claim the bridge is closed as of this writing. One states that mountain bikes are allowed "on some stretches" although they are allowed (but discouraged) on all of the trail. Equ