Hays Mountain Kiwanis Trail

This trail starts in a fairly straightforward manner, climbing up Mount Hays. As you go up, it is well flagged and well defined. Once you get to the sub-alpine, the trail becomes increasingly faint. Alhough it is flagged, the flags are mostly visible from downslope. Navigating the subalpine meadows is no problem going up, but if a hiker were to turn around, then the flagging may be obscurred. A GPS or additional flagging should be used. Once in the subalpine meadows, an old boardwalk is encountered, and this leads to where the Chalet used to be - it burned down in the late 80's. From where the chalet used to be, walk straight up the hill (quad tracks will lead you), and you will intersect the road. You can then walk down the road to your vehicle.

The time from the start of the trail to the road at the top is 1 hr 45 minutes. The time down, walking the road, is about 2 hours.

Directions:

Turn south onto Wantage Road from Highway 16, drive past the Performing Arts Center, park where the pavement ends. Start your hike across the road from the Oldfield Creek Hatchery - to the left of the creek that runs down the hill.