On April 4, Cool Guy and I went back out to North Bend to hike the Ten Acre Trail. This is a 3 mile trail designed for mountain bikers. If hiked in a clockwise direction, it has a slow, switchbacking ascent to the top and then a fairly straight way down.
It was a nice day, about in the mid 40's. We brought Scamp with us. He barked nonstop the entire drive in the car. Right in my ear.
When we arrived at North Bend, we were the only people there besides the park employees. That always amazes me, especially when the weather is decent.
We began Ten Acre Trail, following the directions and going clockwise. Cool Guy really liked the way that the upward movement was steady and not too hard to do. The problem occurred when we reached the top. Suddenly, there were no markers to be seen anywhere, and we were at the edge of the park boundary. I checked the map, and it looked like at this point we should be making a sharp switchback and finishing the ascent, but there were no blazes, and no clear trail at all. We made wide circles around and finally came back down the way we went up.
All in all, I'd say this was a so-so trail. There weren't any great views, or rock formations, or really anything of real interest. It was just a nice walk in the woods. If I drive to North Bend again, I will choose another hike.
It was a nice day, about in the mid 40's. We brought Scamp with us. He barked nonstop the entire drive in the car. Right in my ear.
When we arrived at North Bend, we were the only people there besides the park employees. That always amazes me, especially when the weather is decent.
We began Ten Acre Trail, following the directions and going clockwise. Cool Guy really liked the way that the upward movement was steady and not too hard to do. The problem occurred when we reached the top. Suddenly, there were no markers to be seen anywhere, and we were at the edge of the park boundary. I checked the map, and it looked like at this point we should be making a sharp switchback and finishing the ascent, but there were no blazes, and no clear trail at all. We made wide circles around and finally came back down the way we went up.
All in all, I'd say this was a so-so trail. There weren't any great views, or rock formations, or really anything of real interest. It was just a nice walk in the woods. If I drive to North Bend again, I will choose another hike.
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