I posted a few weeks ago that Kinard Creek trail had a middle-section being timbered. The thinning is complete, the loggers are gone from the trail section, and it’s cleared and back open for business. It’s now a great hike all the way from Kinard Creek Trail’s intersection with Wise Creek Trail up to FS Road 1071A near Smith Mill Road. I would suggest that you use FS Road 1071A and FS Road 1071 to detour around the northernmost 1/10 of a mile or so, which is recently timbered, muddy, and not ready for prime time quite yet.