Lower half of trail is in great shape. Upper half is very overgrown. Tread still exists for much of it, but the manzanita, scrub oak, and chamise are overgrown and thick through much of it. The ridge proper was generally less miserable than trying to contour around bumps, but expect a fight whichever way you go. This trail desperately needs to be clipped. Took about three hours to climb from Aliso campground via a very non-ideal bushwhack route.