Hogback Mountain (3.0 miles; d=4.40)
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Hogback Mountain Hike Route Map
An approximate track of my hike up Hogback Mountain as depicted a la Google Earth...
Hogback Mountain Hike Route Map
An approximate track of my hike up Hogback Mountain...
One of the trails to Hogback Mtn starts at this parking area, across from the access road to the Little Presque Isle area, off County Road 550.
The trail is quite wide as it leaves the parking area. During the summer it is a dirt road.
The trail soon leaves the road and quickly narrows as it winds between the pines.
About halfway into the hike some rocks just off the trail to the left give you a view of what is ahead. The summit is just over 1200 feet above sea level, or about 500 vertical feet above where I'm standing here.
The trail crosses this abandoned rail grade at about the halfway point to the summit.
Just past the railroad grade the trail skirts the edge of a marsh, ducking and weaving around old blowdowns.
The usefulness of snowshoes is demonstrated here. The snow is a good 2-3 feet deep in the woods here and it would be quite difficult to go off-trail like this without them.
The second half of the hike involves a number of rather steep climbs as you can see a bit in this photo.
This shot taken as I stood on the trail gives you a better idea of the steep grade we were climbing as we neared the summit.
