Feeling almost sufficiently rested, I agreed to a Monday hike headed for Mt Reco, at the end of Jackson Basin, south of Retallick. The rain seemed to have ended although clouds remained which we hoped would dissipate during the day.
The first bad news was that the FSR leading to Jackson Basin was being torn apart by a backhoe so that route was blocked. Then we tried to find the trail up to London Ridge, but despite an hour of bushwhacking and casting about here and there, we were unable to find anything that headed uphill.
We finally headed for the FSR up Kane Creek, near the road to Sandon. Apparently this trail/road used to provide an alternate access to the Alps Altura area that we plan to try later in the week. We decided to hike up the road (driving was prevented by a rotten bridge) to see what we could see. Mostly wet thimbleberry and alder and a walk in the woods. We hiked up about 5 km until a large mud slide and downed trees basically rendered the trail unusable and very overgrown. In the distance we could see the beginnings of what we thought we were looking for, but we weren't going to get there on this trail. Having had enough of this fun we headed home, with one last look for the trail to London Ridge - no luck, again.
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