Still Curious - North of Howe

I knew there were a lot more trails north of Howe I hadn't yet explored so since the weather was great today I returned to check them out. Once again I parked on Keeney and hiked up on the main artery to get to Howe. On the way, I GPS'd  a couple more trails off to the east...

and snapped a couple of autumn shots as well.

North of Howe

Once I was north of Howe, I went straight instead of turning at the first intersection. This interesting remnant was on the way there...

I started the GPS going at the point where I went straight instead of turning and had quite a hike this time! The weather was really pleasant although the leaves were still wet and somewhat slippery from the rain last night.

Much of this seldom used trail are trenches on really steep fall lines which obviously encourages erosion. Methinks they may have been created by dirt bikers ages ago who have since moved away.

This goes straight up the hill..

 ... and the trail went on and on forever!

Interesting remnant here - maybe it was the floor of a kid's log hut?

Hey - who's that? :-)

Further on,  this section appeared to be maintained at some point - notice the sawed deadfall.

It went on and on and up and down for seemingly forever...

I finally bailed here near Howe Street and bushwhacked up to the road.

Trail Summation

 Curiosity was satisfied (at least for a while!)