I had last hiked this trail a year ago, and I was surprised today with the almost total lack of mud this time. Typically this has been a fairly muddy trail in winter, but it looks as if some gravel may have been added, at least in the lower half.
It was a cool, sunny day, but I saw only a handful of other hikers and no horse riders. I hiked up to the picnic table on the Knob but found it was in the shade, so I continued on, taking the left-hand trail off the road that leads to the other picnic table near the private land, which was catching the sun. I looped back on Road K and Road A, for a total trip of 4.9 miles with 730 feet elevation gain.

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