12.3 miles of hiking • 2500' elevation gain •
The road to the Cummins Ridge Trail is exceptional and an easy drive. At the end of the road is a parking area, and the wilderness sign is viewable from the parking lot! The first 3 miles of the trail are up the abandoned road, and it is gently graded and grass covered the whole way. At about 3 miles, you turn right, and the remainder of the hike is on a real (non-road) trail. This is a very very easy ridge hike with NO exposure. However, all the views are obstructed by some trees, but they are there. At just over 6 miles you will reach the other side of the wilderness, and there is a sign and bulleting board present. A parking area is 100ft past the wilderness sign, and it is the end of the road. It might be a nice hike to add on a short walk, on the road, to the summit of Cummins Peak? There were NO vehicles, and NO people on the trail during the entire hike!!! My only disappointment was finding a single Holly plant not far in from the trail just past the road cut-in. I'll be sending the coordinates to the forest service in hopes of them removing this non-native plant. We very highly recommend this hike just for the solitude and nice forest scenery! Unfortunately, there was no old growth in this wilderness, that we saw.
