 Areas of special concern are the Sandy River crossing, where a hiker drowned in 2004, the Eliot Creek, which washed out and closed a section of the trail in 2007, and the Muddy Fork section, which washed out in 2007 and has deteriorated to a point where it is "barely passable" according to a United States Forest Service sign.The Sandy River can be crossed on log bridges that are erected seasonally.A storm in November 2006 washed out The Eliot Creek section of the trail.