This was a fun one! Incredibly rich history out there about the old railway that went through this area in the early 1900's. Lots of cool boreway tunnels that are still there today! Trail is a bit overgrown at parts, but nothing anyone can't handle. You don't have to worry about many people being out on this trail. The drive out is not difficult but you have to drive up a gravel road to get to the parking lot, and there are a few big potholes in the beginning.

Did this 2 days ago.  Nice trail,  easy hike.  It was honestly cooler than i thought it would be seeing the old railway.  Came across some bear scat near the end,  no sighting though

We set out on a fairly dreary and wet day. Was expecting a chill hike but didnt realize the trail was longer than is posted. We parked at the upper lot and made out way up to the upper trail at Martin Creek Crossover. The hike is amazingly flat so this a a great starter hike for anyone. We ended up hiking all the way to Wellington to see the concrete snowshed, which added an additional 6 miles to the hike so be prepared for that. On our way back we took the Windy Point Crossover down to lower trail. Wouldn't recommend that way as this crossover is very steep and longer than Martin Creek.

Other than that, the trail was super interesting with tons of history. I liked the idea of feeling like I was walking through an outdoor museum. We also saw a lot of beautiful flowers along the trail and a very cool looking caterpillar. 

Parked at the Iron Goat Interpretive Site, hiked up the switchbacks and out to Wellington. There was on patch of snow to the side of the trail, but no other snow anywhere. The trail was a bit muddy in spots from run off, but not too terrible. Explored around the large cement snowshed, then hiked back to Iron Goat and did the full loop. Total distance for all hiking and exploring was 13.1 miles. Lots of beautiful wildflowers along the Iron Goat trail. Very few people on the upper grade, and none out toward Wellington, but plenty on the lower grade.

We set out from the Martin Creek trailhead at about 11:00 in the morning. FR6710 has some pretty big potholes at the lower end, but nothing too bad if you take it slowly. 

We hiked up the Martin Creek crossover to the upper grade, then the upper grade to the spillway spur. The views from the top of the wall at the spillway are pretty spectacular; it's definitely worth the short detour up the steps. We then hiked the rest of the way to Windy Point, where we sat and took in the views while we waited for an eastbound empty coal train to enter the tunnel below. 

The cool breeze from the entrance to the Windy Point tunnel was much appreciated on the way back. We returned via the upper grade to the Corea crossover, which we took down to the lower grade. 

The trail is well-maintained. There was one tree down over the upper grade, and two trees down over the Corea crossover, but nothing that couldn't be climbed over.

Wildflowers are everywhere, so of course there were a few bees, but they had work to do so they left us alone.