Thanks, you guys are awesome........ Is that last group photo at the clearing of Puerto Suello/VDC intersection? - Gus

Super epic. Damn this sounds like a brutal loop!

This is really awesome - incredible work, and an incredible amount of work!! Really enjoyed the switchbacks - Gus

Mike, thanks for the info - my name is Gus - sugg is just something I had to use/ could remember for various forums. If a person finds themselves with an opportunity to do "clipping" type trail work, is that something a person can undertake on their own? - without forest service involvement?

I'm possibly mistaken - I don't know whether or not that camp right before Pat Spring is called Pat Spring Camp?!? It's the one the VDC trail goes through, and then starts a much more pronounced climb (if heading towards the Double Cone). -Mike, the species you mentioned - I believe that's the green...

Date Hiked: January 19, 2013 General Condition: Difficult (brushy and/or many deadfalls, faint tread) Yikes, Ma Nature is taking this baby back!The trail is in great/perfect shape from Skinner Ridge to Pat Spring = no issues at all. 1/4 mile past Pat Spring to Puerto Suello - the trail is becoming ...

Date Hiked: January 19, 2013 General Condition: Wilderness Freeway (Heavily used and well maintained) Used this trail on January 19th, 2013 from Botcher's Gap to its connection with the Ventana Trail. There were some large downed trees - about 3-5 - in the Spaghetti Camp zone - where all of the dea...

Yesterday I tried to reach the Double Cone starting from Botcher's Gap - started at 7:00AM and spent about 8.5 hours out there. The trails are awesome out to Pat Springs. Beyond Pat Springs - about a 1/4 to 1/2 mile, the VDC trail really starts becoming overgrown. Everything is doable, but it's defi...

Date Hiked: January 5, 2013 General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined) Section from Trail Springs Camp to the intersection with the lookout: The trail was mostly covered with snow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38029403@N03/8355881975/in/set-72157632460209298 There was lots of fa...

Date Hiked: January 5, 2013 General Condition: Clear (no obstacles and tread well defined) Moved along this trail from Vicente Flat Camp north to Gamboa Trail. From Vicente Flat Camp to Limekiln Creek: Pretty much clear. There was some small brushy trees which had fallen onto the trail when I was g...