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The route skirts the marsh and soon reaches a four-way junction, at about 4 miles. You turn right on the Kent Trail and begin climbing. As you gain elevation via steps and nicely graded switchbacks, the hodge-podge of trees and shrubs gives way to a forest of Douglas-fir. Now the trail, rocky and in places indistinct, runs parallel to a stream bed, which is downhill and left.

Cataract Falls, best in winter and spring, is near junction of Cataract and High Marsh trails.

After more climbing, the Cross Country Boys Trail, unsigned here, merges from the right, as does another, fainter trail a few paces ahead. Out of the trees once again, you cross a manzanita barren.

Crossing a rocky rib, you descend moderately to a lovely stream, the headwaters of Swede George Creek. Reaching a T-junction at Potrero Meadows, you turn right, cross the bridged stream, and arrive at a picnic area. Here you turn left and follow a dirt-and-gravel road steeply uphill about 100 yards to a T-junction with Laurel Dell Road.