11.92 miles of hiking • 3500' elevation gain •
We hiked toward Augspurger Mountain from the Dog Mountain Trailhead. Time limitations kept us from reaching the summit and the viewpoint on the other side. We estimated we were within 500 feet elevation and .5 mile or so from the summit before turning around. We enjoyed the views achieved after first cresting the ridge near the power lines. The trail appeared to us to be in good shape and we felt it was easy to follow. The previous year's brush had been cut back off the trail. We saw a fair amount of people on the Dog Mountain Trail, but we did not see anyone on the Augspurger Trail beyond the Dog Mountain cutoff trail. We'll need to return a bit later once flowers begin to bloom.
I'm new to this site, so I am pretty sure I did not mark the mountain accurately on the google map. I'll work on getting better at that.
