Hi, didn't end up going to Cloud's Rest, but hiked the Old Big Oak Flat Road/Trail from the new V7 road marker on the North Valley loop road. I got as far as the area where the largest rock slide has wiped out the couple of switchbacks. Since I was alone this was a good place to turn back, and when I got down to the bookshop, I did some research and found an old topo which still showed the trail. Then I got on the internet and found numerous blogs where other hikers had been there and one showed the route through/past the tricky now buried switchbacks to continue to Rainbow Veiw. I plan to try and get all the way up to the El Cap trail or maybe to Tamarack next time I'm out hiking the OBOFT.