Hex Mountain — Sunday, Jul. 17, 2022

We arrived at the start of this hike around 9am knowing that the start was difficult to find. We plugged coordinates in and it took us to a service road that was gated shut with no parking signs. There was one other car parked along the side of the road but no other indication that this was correct. We took the coordinates and other car to be a positive sign and started up the service road. About half of the hike (maybe a little less) is along the service road and there are a few forks in the road which you stay right for. There was an arrow on the ground made out of rocks/sticks in 2 places which also gave us hope we were on the right path. Finally, we came to a sign for Hex Mountain which is where the typical single-track hiking trail begins. The service road was pretty dusty and rocky and the trail was the same, but with more foliage and some wildflowers peaking through. It was slippery coming down. Both parts of the trail are very steep and I am glad we chose a day that was not too hot. Views were very nice and it is definitely a hike where you feel accomplished at the top. Once we started back down, we ran into a couple more groups of people who asked us if they were on the right track and once we got to the bottom there were about 4 other cars parked in the no parking area. I would probably recommend parking on the side of the road because there are some properties and we did see some of the residents on the way up and I could see them calling to get the cars towed.