Little Mountain Park - Bonnie and Clyde Loop — Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area

New trail system for me. WTA needs to update location categories for their website. This trail park is in the Mount Vernon Area (not Bellingham). You'll see the forested, steep cone-shaped mountain as you drive there. Nice to find trails not far from I-5 corridor. I parked at a wide turnout where "Rooty" intersects the park drive. Had I gone 0.1 mile further I would have found the loop where most people park and the beginning of "Bonnie&Clyde". I wished I had a map with distances indicated since I had no mileage device other than my own good judgement time measurement. Still, trails and junctions are well-signed and hikers can figure out where to go and how to get back to car. I saw six groups of mountain bikers and 8 groups of hikers. I hiked from 2:30-4:40pm quite briskly with 12 min total of photography. Bikers were very polite and would communicate whether another bike was coming.--loved that! Hawks were scary up at view point around tower. Great shady forest hike on a hot sunny day. Very dry right now. I'm going back someday to complete other trails. I rate it 3 stars out of 5. My route: Rooty to Up Only, to Service Rd, to Sidewinder, to Ginny's, to viewpoint, back down Ginny's all the way to Bonnie&Clyde, then out on asphalt past parking and back to my car back at Rooty intersection. Some trails are very steep such as "Up Only" and "Fred's" (but that was good for me.) Google to find a pdf of map and list of trails. I think the mileage is underestimated on that map-list: Using the data as best I could I calculated only 3.5 mile of hiking, but I'm more sure that I actually hiked 4-5 miles. I will indicate 4.5 miles for hike-a-thon. The 'Bonnie & Clyde' relic was such a long car. Go see it and get some exercise. I think this trail system would be more fun on a bike, but it is also good for jogging. RE: Obstacles on trail--some trails were designed to include these.