Part One
Heading South on the Fire Road (Blazed Orange)| Here is the first intersection (trail enters on the left) |
| On the right is the side Blue Trail |
| Ah -at the Yellow... |
Part Two - At the Hub
| Slick Rock |
| South up the slick rock is now blazed Blue and Green |
| Heading East at the Hub - it's now Green (actually a Yellow Green) |
| The trail on the right is the descent to the Red |
I first headed south over the slick rock and hiked the green loop (which includes the new FCNEMBA-built trail).
| Heres where it makes an abrupt turn to the right (new trail!) |
| Green Blazes... |
| Intersection |
| Intersection |
| Intersection |
Part Three - Back to the Red
| Intersection (where the Ryan-led section was built [4-8-17] ) |
| Intersection (where the Dave-led section was built [4-8-17] ) |
| Heading north on the Dave-led 4-8 trail it meets the XC trail. This will be blazed pink. |
| Looking up towards the Hub |
| Freakin' Awesome here - its like you are in Middle Earth! |
Along the north of the Lake
Parking Lot
Ascending
Joining up with the Orange
Part Four - West Side of Hemlock Hills
Turning Left onto the Green-Yellow Fire Road| Trail on left joins Fire Road Fire Road (blazed Green-Yellow) is straight ahead |
| GreenYellow Trail (Fire Road) |
| Here is where the trail on left joins the FireRoad |
| First trail off to the the right is blocked |
| Tree Down! |
| Here's the turn off on the right to get back on the single track going north |
| Looking back at the first next intersection |
| Looking bro the side at the next intersection |
| The side trail (photo above) parallels the main trail and joins it ahead near the rocky hill |
| Here's where they join (looking back) |
| Footbridge #1 |
| Footbridge #2 |
| A couple of panoramas taken on the Green-Yelow Trail (not blazed) heading north |
Blue Offshoot
| This is the decent on the Blue offshhot |
I finally finished up back to the Ned Mountain Road parking lot and headed home.. I will rebuild the trail map inventory, updating it with GPS tracks taken today...