Russ Jolly - Nesmith Loop - 2012/12/09

Sunday 12/09/12 I set off with a group from portlandhikers.org on a Russ Jolly - Nesmith Point Loop. We started at Horsetail Falls at 7:00am. We took the Russ Jolly Trail to the Upper Shelter & then a bushwhack route up to the Rock of Ages Trail. From here we hiked over to the junction with the Horsetail Creek trail & then on to Nesmith Point in the snow. After a short lunch break we hiked down the Nesmith Point trail to it's junction with the old washed out section of the 400 trail that heads back to Dodson. We took this trail & found it to be mostly easy going despite the washouts. From Dodson we quick marched back to Horsetail Falls on the road for a 14.6 mile loop with about 4675' of EG.