Trails Used

Pucci Road, Bushwhack

Trail Conditions

Notes

Walked Pucci Road to its end. It is drivable - with caution and high clearance. It is muddy with many protruding rocks and gets increasingly overgrown. Easy to walk. There are 3 structures early - one has signage for "Mill Mountain Fish&Game Club" - and 2 campers at the end which looks like they have not seen action for a decade. Entered the woods after the last camper heading NNW straight for the peak - and catching the SW Ridge about 1/4 mile from the summit. Open woods all the way. No cliffbands. Moose-trail along the ridge. Content of the jar at the summit was scrap-notes and trash. All wet. Replaced it all - including the jar. It is easy to locate - placed right next to one of the foundation pillars for the old fire tower.

Parking

Drove 1.6 mile up Mill Brook Road from 110 in Stark. Parked opposite the entrance to Pucci Road. There is a good pull-out with room for 3-4 cars.

Water Crossings

None

Trails Used

bushwhack

Trail Conditions

Notes

Followed a similar route as tealgoat and cookiesontop, which worked great - thanks for the intel! Couple things to add: - There's a lovely fern swath WNS of the summit visible as a break in the trees on satellite. This is your friend - find it. Woods are good other than the summit area. - tealgoat and cookiesontop placed a second jar. The original jar is still there apparently to the east of their jar (which I didn't find, but others in the main jar references as being west of there). I found this by getting on one of the rocky bumps on the summit area and seeing a single unusually high tree to the east and heading that way. Took me about 10 mins on the summit area to find the jar. It was the 3rd or 4th rocky clearing I checked out. 30 mins up, 10 at the summit, 25 mins down.

Parking

Parked at same place as tealgoat and cookiesontop

Trails Used

Bushwhack

Trail Conditions

Notes

A FINE day in the forest was had. We where going for a pair today and opted for the harder one first. Boy did luck shine on us today. We found the throat of a logging line off 26, not posted or anything, and went into the woods. The fella as mentioned to the right has his lot heavily posted all along his lot, there is no question. We gave this guy a pretty wide berth out of respect. We followed this log line that opens up away from the road for a bit until it curves away and then we just took a bearing straight at the summit. About halfway into this one mile trek, we picked up a braided skid line that took us to within 50' of the summit, and moose paths to the rest. We did hang a jar on what we thought was the high point. There are several here all very close but both of our phones separately confirmed the stump at being 2164, and the peak is 2170(T). There is a rock outcrop with a decent view preceding this, which we had at 2161. We went around for a good 20 minutes hitting all the possible high points, its jail cell dark stuff in there, no point of reference for height. We also confirmed via the 500 highest cal topo that we where on what is listed as the summit location, so there we go! Out and back in 1h45, could have been much faster if we weren't lollygagging looking for treasure

Parking

Parked at the throat of an overgrown skid road across from a blue house. The fellow next door, to the right, which people used to use his land apparently is heavily posted.

Water Crossings

No issues