South Creek Ridge
A little overgrown and rocky in places but probably better than HDT route.
Tested.
Following this prominant ridge provides a short but worthwhile alternative to dropping directly into the confined headwaters of Sweetwater Creek. Although this route is a little loose in a couple places, we generally found cattle tracks the whole way down that provided pretty good travel. This route leaves the HDT at Section 5 Mile 20.2 (Mile 210) and rejoins the HDT at about Section 5 Mile 21.9 (Mile 211.7). This route is 1.5 miles long, only 0.2 miles shorter than the HDT but probably easier going.
Nicolas Barth
Ryan "Tuna Helper" Weidert
September 2013