Carl and I visited the service roads off Exit 38 this morning. We did about 8.8 miles but nothing real steep.
We parked on the side of SE Homestead Valley Road and went south-east up the service road, went west to Mine Creek Bridge (see photo above – Chester Peak is the peak in the distance with a little snow), then east to the McClellan Butte trail, up that trail to the next service road, down that back to the car.
Lots of fun and a good workout. Plenty of sights:
Here is our track:
Chester Peak is the un-marked peak, above, to the west (left) and south of McClellan Butte. Derek and Ryan and I are planning an assault on this peak – there is no trail – via the mountain goat trail south of Truck Summit.