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Sunday, June 7, 2026

Rose Mountain

Today would have been my Dad's 85th birthday, so I felt it appropriate to go and finish the trails I need for Rose Mountain. It was a warm day, but thankfully there was a slight breeze which kept it very pleasant. I parked at the trailhead for Summit Trail on Scout Road. This is a bit of a rougher road to get down, but I was able to pass without too much difficulty. Summit Trail was a nice ascent using a combination of hiking trail and snowmobile trail. Lower down it was a bit muddy, but nothing that impeded progress just made it a bit buggier than I would have liked.. but still on the mild end of annoyance. It was a much gentler ascent than I was anticipating and I reached the intersection with Helen's Trail quicker than I thought. I continued on to the summit which I have previously visited and opted to do the out and back to complete Summit Trail before going over to the view point, so I could enjoy that on my way down. I only went to the property boundary for Rose Mountain Preserve as technically that is where Summit Trail ends. I wasn't exactly sure where that was (was expecting a gate, and there wasn't one) but I saw some signage that seemed to line up with the property boundary on the map I was following... I continued a bit past just to be sure, then turned around and headed back up. The map online shows a trail called Northern Trail, but there is signage here indicating it is snowmobiles only and closed to hiking due to erosion. I did the out and back to the viewpoint and enjoyed a beautiful clear view. Heading down, I opted to take what the online map shows as Cut Thru Trail, which descended back to the Class VI portion of Scout Road. This was really eroded and rather wet, but I was still able to continue with care. In just over 3 miles for the entire hike, I was back at the car. I really enjoyed this area.

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