I completed this section of the PCT on 1/11/14. It is 7.9 miles from North Fork Saddle Fire Station to Soledad Canyon Road with approximately a 2000' descent. The trail is almost entirely open, and the vegetation scrubby. We saw many bear tracks on the trail going down. I did not do any photography as there really was not enough to justify a photo gallery. I have now completed the 101 miles of the trail from the I-15 at Cajon to Soledad Canyon, and will begin again in March and April with the sections going west towards Wrightwood, perhaps doing the section west of Mill Creek Summit over the summer. UPDATE: As of 2/22 I have not returned to this area as I had planned. The road from Mill Creek Summit to Soledad Canyon Road has only recently been reopened and we have had years of drought. But maybe I'll get back to it this year.