Re: Alternative Route (skip Bowen Ranch?)???

The site deep creek Volunteers should give some details on the Bradford ridge trail.

A good trip report to reference
https://deepcreekhotsprings.net/dchs/forum/read.php?1,26081

For your questions on gps, I use the app GPX viewer to view GPX files.
I found this when I went a few months ago
https://m.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=glroaavxntuvmtjr

However the file does not show the difference between the 2 forks, only the steep path.

The part where the path split is not obvious.

Less steep: going along ridges till you see the creek. Then a lot of turn around to go down.

Steep: very distinctive, Sandy steep path.