Benstein Trail (MMWD) Trail adopted by the Tamalpais Conservation Club

From Simmons Trail to Rock Spring-Lagunitas Fire Road: 8/7/04, CVR: This trail segment is in good condition, except that the vegetation needs a little trimming. The MMWD and the TCC completed a major reroute near the top of this section in December 2000, and have rehabilitated other parts of this section of the trail. One water bar near the center of this segment needs cleaning. Perhaps two or three more water bars could be added near Rock Spring-Lagunitas Fire Road.

From Rock Spring-Lagunitas Fire Road to Potrero Meadow: 10/14/01, CVR: About the top half of this segment of trail is mostly in good condition. As the grade steepens, a series of timber water bars has mostly failed. The trail is suffering a moderate amount of erosion. The steepest part of this section should be rerouted, which would be easy through open forest. The bottom part of the trail, through serpentine soil, is in fairly poor condition. The parts that run through chaparral are moderately brushy. A short series of switchbacks is poorly laid out and eroding. The TCC trail crew has recently made improvements, putting the very bottom of this trail segment into decent condition, but much remains to be done. The final short section, across Laurel Dell Fire Road to Potrero Meadows Picnic Area, is somewhat eroded.