You're right, Don. It's the Cottonwood Meadows Trail.

It's either the beginning or the end. I'm not sure which. I guess it depends on where you started.

Here's one to fit the season. It's a district trail, not in a wilderness area.

Just a guess here. Is that the lookout site on the Shining Lake trail?

Good guess, Kirk. It's the Rho Creek trail, not too far from the remains of the old guard station.

Okay, maybe a hint or two would be helpful. How about this? This trail goes uphill. Unless, of course, you start from the top and go down. And i...

This is a current District trail, but not in a wilderness.

Is that the Dickey Creek trail?

I've posted a few photos of the fire damage on my Flickr page at The views from the lookout tower are of course the same that Rob posted, but I a...

I was not able to make it as far as High Rock campground. Ran into a foot or two of snow on the road just past the quarry or gravel stockpile or what...

Rob, I can well imagine that there is lots of water up there in the meadows. I foolishly went out on Wednesday to try to do some hiking, but betwee...

Don, Thanks for the photo. That will help. It looks like the trail starts about where I parked my truck. But for some reason I went uphill a ways...

I would like to check out the Sounds trail, but haven't been able to find the trailhead. I was out there yesterday looking for it using these directi...