Mon Sep 06 2010




Route Name: Spread Eagle Mountain via Ranney Trail
Route Length: 3.4 miles
Starting Point: Trail Head, Hopkins via Ranney Trail
Ending Point: Spread Eagle Mountain Summit

From the trail head, the trail follows a private driveway up for 0.3m then connects with an old logging road for 0.6m. After the logging road, the trail climbs moderately until you come to the junction with the Mossy Cascade Trail to Hopkins from the right after 1.8m.
Length: 1.8 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 1 Out of 4
From the junction with the Hopkins via Ranney Trail, the trail climbs moderately for 0.7m until it reaches the junction with the Giant from Hopkins via Green Mt. Trail to the right.
Length: 0.7 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 1 Out of 4
From the junction with the Giant from Hopkins via Green Mt. Trail, the trail climbs a steep section until you reach the bare summit of Hopkins after 0.2m. Crossing the summit, the trail is now marked with ADK markers and turns into the Spread Eagle and Hopkins trail.
Length: 0.2 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 1 Out of 4
From the summit of Hopkins, the trail is marked by ADK markers and starts descending moderately until you come to the junction with the Hopkins via Direct Trail from the right after 0.2m.
Length: 0.2 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 1 Out of 4
From the junction with the Hopkins via Direct Trail, the trail climbs moderately until you come to the summit of Spread Eagle Mountain after 0.5m.
Length: 0.5 miles
Difficulty of this Section: 1 Out of 4