I was back on the CCC trail today, still looking for my Garmin. Again, no luck.
I did have my new branch clipper, much larger than the one that broke the other day and I was able to clip enough branches to make it through some of the more obnoxious blow downs.
But the one at the top of the blog is too tough to go through. Once again I had to go way off trail to get around it. I got to the other side, looped around across a little stream and headed back down the trail to the car.
In the summer, with a clear trail, the CCC trail is not one I would hike other than to get somewhere else, such as the southern approach to Quartz Mountain. But in these conditions, it is a great workout, albeit annoying, constantly going over, under, or around all the trees and tree branches.
I will try again next week, starting from the other side and see if I can have any luck.