Rode Johnson Pass Trail Saturday.
About 24 miles (24.0 on the Incite 11i, but with one small turnaround) long, good trail conditions top to bottom — with one serious caveat: about FIVE MILES of the trail is overgrown with CHEST HIGH grass and Devil’s Club. The overgrowth was so dense that you had to ride by feel, which was not much fun. Very, very wet with all the grass, although it didn’t make the trail muddy or slick.
Started at the North trailhead, and until the overgrowth, the ride up to the summit was pretty fast, with a normal amount of mud, rocks and roots. After the overgrowth started, it was very trying — uphill in the grass. About a mile after the summit, the trail opened up to near-perfect conditions for the ride downhill (about 7-8 miles) making good time in the process. After that, about 6 miles from the end, there was more climbing, and a trail that was less than perfect — just a little rough here and there — until the end.
Also, I saw more bear scat on that trail than I had in my entire life put together.