January 2, 2026
Today’s adventure was supposed to be Rock Cabin (mile marker 48) to Stony Man
trailhead (mile marker 41) but needed to cut it short- I ended up catching the flu the day
after Christmas, and I wanted to pace myself for the next few hikes. We ended today’s
trek at Timber Hollow (Mile marker 43)
I was excited about this section of our journey because we were going to loop around
Hawksbill Summit (the highest peak in the Park) and I knew we were going to have epic
views of the valley below and of the summit. (I have completed Hawksbill Summit
numerous times, but never this section) It was a nice, level ascent and then we started
down to the scree field (similar to Blackrock Summit in the Southern District) this was
the first hike foul- I tripped and fell on a rock and busted up my shin pretty good but we
kept going. We reached Crescent Rock Trailhead and took a short snack and water
break. Even being under the weather, I was feeling fine. We continued our trek and
came across one of the numerous springs and one was completely frozen over. He
ended up crossing it, but I elected to go a bit off trail to circumvent the ice patch. We
kept an even pace to get to the parking area.
Stats- 3.54 miles/746’ elevation gain
Critter recap- deer and squirrels
