Ellevated Hike - Spruce Mtn Loop from Potato Patch

11.21 miles, 2228 ft gain

This hike starts with a 1 mile, 700 ft gain hill. We'll all take this at our own pace & regroup at the top. We have a bit of downhill while we make our way back to the #307 parking lot. We'll then have the 3.7 mile, 1500 uphill to the Spruce Mtn lookout tower. Most of our elevation will be in those 2 climbs. We'll come down Spruce on the less steep side and take a shortcut to loop back to the start.

We'll meet at the #307 trailhead at 6:30am and carpool to the start of the hike. I haven't been to our TH, but I have done the Spruce Mtn part of this loop many times.

Ellevated hikes are very fast-paced hikes with very few breaks. They are typically 10ish miles & 1500-2000 ft gain. The pace is 3.2-3.4, and a bit slower on uphills. You can always pass on long uphills.

The free version of Meetup is sufficient to RSVP for hikes. Hikes leave on time, regardless of RSVPs, because sometimes people just plain forget.

Friendly dogs are welcome.

You are responsible for your safety, so please honor your body. That being said, we won't leave anyone in the woods.

It is no fun for anyone to have someone out of synch with the pace for 9+ miles, so please make sure this is the right hike for you.