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Now on a long abandoned road, you hike uphill for 0.2 mile and then veer right onto a narrower trail that gradually ascends in a dense forest of young trees. There are no views, but the setting is pleasant and shady. So shady, in fact, that very few understory plants survive beneath the trees. At 0.8 mile you pass an area that has been selectively logged and then come to a spur road. The trail follows this road uphill for 50 yards to a junction with gravel Bovine Mainline Road. You turn right and walk along this good gravel road over a little hill then in a long curving downhill atop a forested ridge. After 0.7 mile on the road, just as you enter a large clear-cut, you turn sharply left on a more primitive road that follows the edge of the clear-cut. This road goes gently downhill for 0.4 mile to its end beside Cow Creek. Turn left (upstream), and follow a closed road for 0.1 mile to a bridgeless crossing of the creek. There is usually a convenient log across this small creek just upstream from the horse crossing.