For hitch three we hiked 11 miles down the West Walker trail to Piute Cabin in Piute Meadows, at the junction of Tower Lake trail and the Kirkwood Pass trail. We maintained, meaning brushed, logged, and fixed tread and drainage on the Kirkwood Pass trail, the Tower Lake trail, the West Walker trail down to the junction with the Fremont Lake trail, and the Cascade Creek trail, for a total of 14.6 miles. We also built seven cairns across Piute Meadows, constructed 12 check steps, and established 2000 feet of tread climbing to Tower Lake to prevent resource damage where there had been a network of social trails. The hitch went well, and the happy and healthy Hoover crew is looking forward to working in the Robinson Creek drainage next week.
