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This dirt double-track can get muddy in spring, but usually makes for good running. It's also popular with mountain bikers. The nearby Ski Loop Trail is an opportunity to cut across and join the Summit Trail if you like. But like most trails that are labeled for skiers, the Ski Loop Trail is only pleasant when the ground is frozen and covered by snow. During summer it's a boggy, muddy, and mosquito-heavy mess. So, you might prefer turning around here and running back the way you came to creating a loop. If you want more distance, you can keep running on the Wickersham Creek Trail: It continues for so long that you could run an entire marathon distance on it without reaching the end.

Birch Hill Recreation Area is popular with skiers and it has an extensive network of trails. In summer, hikers can use these, along with mountain bikers and runners. However, in winter, the trails are exclusively for skiing.

Birch Hill Recreation Area is popular with skiers and it has an extensive network of trails. In summer, hikers can use these, along with mountain bikers and runners. However, in winter, the trails are exclusively for skiing.

This is the main bike-only trail on the north side of Raspberry Road, and the only way of accessing the downhill trails on this side of Kincaid Park. Travel is allowed in both directions, and please be alert to the possibility of unexpected wildlife encounters, including moose and bears.

Traffic runs both ways on this intermediate singletrack trail, so keep a sharp eye out! Walkers and runners sometimes wander onto the trail too, especially since it intersects the multi-use Gasline Trail.

The Mize Loop has a 2.5k and a 5k version, but both of them start here — and before you count on them as training runs, please know that those distances are approximate. During the winter these are groomed, one-way ski only trails, but by summer they are open to two-way multi-use traffic, including runners who may enjoy the broad, grassy track and succession of rolling hills on both the long and short versions of this trail. Please watch out for wildlife; moose sightings, in particular, are very common here.

This trailhead serves as an access point for the Russian Lakes Trail. There are more attractions near the other end of the trail, so this trailhead is best for mountain bikers who want to ride the entire trail from point to point, with a car pre-staged to get you back from this trailhead to the next. If you don't have two vehicles, Wildman's in Cooper Landing is often helpful with arranging car shuttles: https://wildmans.org/

Birch Hill Recreation Area is popular with skiers and it has an extensive network of trails. In summer, hikers can use these, along with mountain bikers and runners. However, in winter, the trails are exclusively for skiing.