Thursday Hawes Trail Alliance broke ground on a 20 mile (32km) trail expansion. The first order of business is a 1/2 mile extension of Hawes’ most popular trail, Red Mountain Rush (pictured below) that will allow riding right down to the Red Mountain Lot. More significant, is a new “Mid Mountain” connector trail that will traverse the mountain about midway up; that will open up a bunch of new loop options. Also a big deal is a significant trail expansion across Usery Pass Road (east side of the map). We’re told there’s a very unique golden exposed rock section they’re calling Yellow Brick Road; so most of the new trails on that side all will have Wizard of Oz themed names.
The goal is to complete the expansion “before it gets too hot” so it sounds like it shouldn’t take long to get this done.
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