Deer Creek

Deer Creek is a more challenging intermediate single track that is very rocky all throughout the trail. It starts elevated above a creek on a narrow trail covered in scree at the bottom of an exposed hillside. It goes through some really tall grass by the creek and it's hot and muggy and hard to see the trail. There are embedded boulders all throughout the trail, some loose rock, and several more scree sections. There's an intermediate rock ledge obstacles where you have to get over some of the bigger boulders. Most of the trail is pretty narrow with exposure above the creek. It has several stream crossings through the creek that are mostly easy, but some that are more difficult. One of the crossings has a difficult entrance that was a drop-off right next to a bunch of branches, and you have to take only one line otherwise it will suck you into a deep pool of water. Halfway through the trail, there is a huge pile of avalanche debris that is only partially cut. There's a pathway through it, but it's very technical because of many slick little branches on the ground and the packed snow drifting underneath the debris.