View from the Ledge
I got out to the Middle Fork today to do Garfield Ledges. I parked at the Middle Fork parking lot at about 7:40 am. There was one other car. When I got back to the car about 2 hours later the lot was almost full. And it is a big lot.
I took the connector trail to the Garfield Ledges trail head in order to avoid the massive potholes just after the bridge over the Taylor River. Every trip report I read for Garfield or anything beyond complains about the potholes. I just add the little .5 hike along the connector trail, flat, wide, beautiful 2nd growth forest. I mean, I am out there to hike, why skimp on the mileage?
The Garfield Ledges trail is also very nice and also in the forest:
Forest
On the way back I took a detour through the Middle Fork campground (closed to camping right now) and zigged up to the CCC Trail.
Exactly four miles on the button, nothing amazing but a good workout and a fun outing. I saw no one on the way up to the ledges, six people going up as I was going down, and no one near the campground. Sweet.
Track below.
Track