Last year in 2025 I attempted a SOTA (Summits on the Air) activation of a peak near Duvall and found the trail completely overgrown with blackberry bushes and downed trees. I tried to hack my way through using my hiking poles as a machete, unsuccessfully, and after an hour or more of slow progress and many scratches to my legs and arms I turned around defeated. So I vowed to get up there again, and this year in 2026 I came back and brought some friends!! Organized around my birthday we did a trail-clearing party and successfully cleared a path and all ten of us activated the summit. A great day! Oh and they got me that cool SOTA flag in the picture as a present.