<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>If that's the one I hiked in 2000, here is what I saw (and I kinda doubt that it's been changed):</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Three times at forks in the trail, the trail signs point left toward the very long Fairy Creek Trail.  But nothing points to the right, and this is the way up the mountain above Biscuit Basin, with a different way down (if it's a loop trail, it's a huge loop).  The trail was very much there in 2000 when I hiked it, even though it was a little scary not knowing where I was headed.  (Well, not completely.  I had studied the trail map voraciously.)  So, you might want to make a note of this?  Let's see what the OFVC staffers have to say.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lucille Reilly</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:40:31 EST <A href="mailto:TSBryan@aol.com">TSBryan@aol.com</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV>This most likely will be best answered by the OFVC staff. Is the trail that switchbacked up the bluff above Biscuit Basin still open and maintained? (No, hiking it isn't in my current plans -- but I'll delete it from the rewrite of my book should it _not_ be there.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>