Did a quick ride to get lunch and I've been noticing, and sometimes getting pricked by, Italian thistle. It's has been sprouting all over and getting dangerously close to the trail edges. Crank, the new trail that I discovered is a little overgrown and could be bad soon. The main trails have been trimmed. Thank you to whoever has been clearing the weeds. Other than the nasty headwind, the weather was perfectly gorgeous as were the trails (minus the Italian thistle, which must die!). When I got to the Sheep Camp trailhead at the top, the gate was open and I didn't see any signs about it being closed below. I saw a Hetch Hetchy service guy so I went over to see if he knew whether it was open or closed at the bottom. He wasn't sure but didn't think they had started yet and were still on vegetation clearing. Thankfully it was open otherwise I would've had a steep climb back up.