Something felt wrong about my hike yesterday when I tried to map it. The
Green/Orange trail trek just didn't seem to match the map and I was curious about the other trail I saw shoot off to the west near the bottom of the long descent. I was so curious that I had to return the next day and resolve the mystery!
I hopped into the park the same way as yesterday, parking off Route 7 and waited for the traffic light to cross over.
Blue Trail
I turned off at the intersection of the trail near the bottom that piqued my curiosity yesterday. It was blazed
Blue.
Its a wonderful trail...
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| At the intersection |
Red Trail
At the next intersection, I took a right and hiked the
Red Loop (MapMyRide GPS). This loop was a really nice tech feature-filled trail for riders...
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Panorama of the area
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Yellow Trail
The Loop took me back to within 15 ft of the first intersection and I then continued up hill on the
Yellow.
At this spot, there was a pretty step and crazy downhill trail that crossed over the trail. I stayed straight.
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| intersection |
Further on, there is a short stretch that's pretty cool
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| Rocky Cut |
Orange Trail
Shortly--once around the corner--you meet up with the main
Orange/Green Trail, but the intersection is hard to tell!
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| The intersection is not that clear... |
While heading back down on this trail, I met another hiker who joined me for the trek down. It was nice meeting someone who enjoyed the hike as well.
Old Carriage Road
Once near the bottom, I remembered this remnant of a carriage road from my trek yesterday and I snapped a photo.
Blaze Summation
Well I---more or less--satisfied my curiosity re the trail blazes on Wooster Mountain (at least south of Ives Trail). Although there is missing data still: "
exactly where the Orange/Green trail turns into just Green?" If I recall, on Saturday I saw a trail veer off to the north while descending but I failed to note it today (too busy blabbing!)... but I'll be back to continue my "research". It's a great park!
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