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« Reply #20 on: December 26, 2011, 03:14:17 PM »

This is great information! Let's keep it updated. New to Alabama and I'm really looking forward to hiking this area, glad I came across this though.
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« Reply #21 on: January 03, 2012, 11:34:02 PM »

I hiked 201 down to the creek and it was cleared up very well all the way up to the intersection with 209 but there were a lot of trees down for the last leg of 201 down to the creek.  It's doable, but you'll have to go over or around a few trees.  They did some serious clearing of trees on 201...just that last leg is the problem.

200 is fine all the way.

Hiked 203 in mid-December and it was fine...no problems.  Looped back on the upper old section of 203 and there were a few spots with trees down, again doable but you will bushwhack a bit.

Hiked 202 the first week of December and it was fine.  A few trees down but easy walk-arounds established.

207 was still closed in mid-December but a ranger told me that they were working on it.

In mid-December I hiked 224 up to 204 and then down to the Bee Branch/Big Tree area.  224 has some horrible ruts at the start up from Borden, and several trees are down in places but the walk-arounds (except for one) are easy.  204 down to the 204a was pretty decent...a few trees but relatively easy to get around...except when I feel hard and bent my hiking stick...bruised my pride big time Smiley  And 204a down to the Bee Branch Canyon/Tree was fine.  I don't think we had any trees down there.  But we got a late start and didn't get to check out the rest.
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« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2012, 01:15:41 AM »

207 is now officially open again as of a few days ago. 



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« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2012, 01:05:46 AM »

210 is clear.
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« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2012, 01:46:14 AM »

Only trails still closed are 204--Buck Rough, 206--Thompson Creek, and the section of 209--Sipsey River north of the 202 junction. 
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« Reply #25 on: February 27, 2012, 11:21:01 AM »

Just got off the phone with the ranger station. 206, 204 & 209 are still officially closed
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« Reply #26 on: February 27, 2012, 08:11:10 PM »

Ok, just to get this straight so my simple mind can understand: Does this mean that the blowdowns I crossed on 208/210 in October have been cleared off the trail?  Does this mean I can go buzzing through there without leaving the trail bed and causing more damage to the areas around it?
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« Reply #27 on: February 27, 2012, 09:52:40 PM »

Just got off the phone with the ranger station. 206, 204 & 209 are still officially closed

Odd.  Well, 206 and 209 are cleared, at least.  I'm doing a ranger patrol on 206 in a few weeks.  I'll ask again, but the only trail still closed is 204 from my knowledge. 
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« Reply #28 on: February 28, 2012, 05:49:50 PM »

The section of 209 from the 204 junction to trail 202 is still impassable. Trail crew is working on 204, but it is still officially closed, along with 209. 206 is still officially closed, though most of the worst of it has been cleared. It still needs some mop-up. Bear, blockages on 208 and 210 have been cleared, with the possible exception of a couple blowdowns on the middle part of 208. 207 is cleared and officially open.
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