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The trail turns left to follow the ridge, sometimes climbing in steep sections and sometimes going along at a welcome level grade. Most of the trees are either western hemlock or Douglas fir, while salal, beargrass, and Oregon grape cover the ground. You pass a small rocky overlook with a decent view to the west and then travel on or near the narrow crest of woodsy Horseshoe Ridge.

The gentle path along this ridge does some short ups and downs to avoid rock outcrops but mostly stays level. Along the way you leave the forest three times and go through small, sloping meadows with lots of ground-hugging juniper bushes and a few scattered wildflowers.

After a long, very gradual climb you eventually make a couple of small switchbacks just before the ridge widens and the trail curves to the left. From here the path gradually loses about 200 feet and comes to the end of a dirt road where there is a small hunter’s camp. Pick up the trail on the opposite side of the camp and follow it over a low rise and then down a short distance to a second isolated gravel road.