Tag: Leaf Erikson Dr.

The forecast was for showers so I stayed close to home this time for a little hike. I had some short connector trail in the middle of Forest Park to do so today was a good day to fit those in. To get to the four connector trails I also had to use five main trail to get to them. So I was going up and down and all around on this hike. In spit of all of that not a real long hike at 3 1/2 hours doing 8 miles and 1100 elevation gain.

The middle section of Forest Park has a maze of trails and firelanes. I have not fully explored this section of the Park so I started today with my first hike to discover what is here. I started at the, never visited before, Springville parking lot. I head down Firelane 7 to the Trillion Trail. The Trillion Trail is a short steep rugged that drop quickly down to the Wildwood Trail. I headed South down the Wildwood trail to Saltzman Rd. I saw several bike riders heading up Saltzman Rd. as I was heading down. Where Saltzman meets Leif Erikson Dr. I headed down Quarry Trail, a little used and brushy trail that took me to the Maple trail and my lowest elevation point. I took the Maple Trail back up to meet the Leif Erikson Dr. and on over to Firelane 7a. The last stretch was Firelane 7a to Firelane 7 and back to my car.

I hike 7.5 miles with 450 ft. elevation gain.