Three days of WTA work here, located near the wilderness boundary about 1.8 miles into the trail. After our second day of work, we scouted the rest of the trail and did some light brushing. This trail is intended to be a multi-use trail, available for hikers and stock. After our work site, the trail becomes less suitable for horses and such, as holes appear in the trail, the trail is narrow, and the sides becomes quite steep, sometimes even as much as 45 degrees or more. For people, the trail is quite nice at the moment. Wildflowers appear here and there and the views steadily get better as you climb up the mountain. The only hinderances is the 2-3 fields of snow close to the summit, which were easy to cross with a good eye and balance. At the summit there were gorgeous views of everything except for Glacier Peak, which was hidden as usual. Bugs only became a nuisance when we were stopped and working at our site. In total, the trail is approximately 8.1 miles roundtrip with 2300 feet of elevation gain.
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Comments
mato on Frog Mountain
Was this trail designed to be hikers/horses all the way to the top? I predict this trail will be very popular with hikers and given the narrowness and no place to step off, I foresee problems when passing other hikers - let alone horses.
Posted by:
mato on Jul 10, 2022 08:11 AM
JasperHiker on Frog Mountain
Thanks for your wonderful trail work for WTA!
Posted by:
JasperHiker on Jul 23, 2022 04:58 PM