Saturday, April 19, 2025 Hike Announcement

The River to River Trail Society announces its 8th public hike of the 2025 spring hiking season on April 19th. Hiking: Crest Trail (Saline County). This hike is free and open to the public. This hike will be of moderate difficulty over established trail. This will be a linear thru-hike, approximately four hours hiking time, requiring shuttling. The leader of this hike can be reached at 630-470-7692 for more information. Hikers should meet at 10:00 am at the Old Stone Face Trailhead off of Stone Face Lane. This hike is intended for people in good health who have done some hiking. Hiking sticks and boots or sturdy shoes are recommended. Hikers should bring their own water and snacks. No dogs please. For a map to the meeting location at the Old Stone Face Trailhead click this blue link Stone Face Trailhead and a map will open up, and then click the Directions button and a driving map will be created which will allow you to plan your driving directions to the meeting area. Prior to participating in any hikes, the River to River Trail Society requests that all hikers read the 2023 Trail Society Waiver which can be found on the River to River website at the following link River to River Trail Society Information and then sign off on this waiver prior to the beginning of the hike. A copy of the waiver will be at the Stone Face Trailhead meeting area for your signature.

Saturday April 5, 2025 Hike Summary

Well, this weeks’ hike was, uhhh, “interesting”, to say the least.  First, it was raining, during all of it and Second, several roads to the meeting point were flooded. Some went home, others “found” their way to the meeting point. Then, the 4 who did make it…”pivoted”. We drove out, headed to Ferne Clyffe State Park to walk around, view the “many” waterfalls, climbed up on top, and kept working our way to the top of the main waterfall, but, alas, did not make it, because we encountered 1 stream that was just too wide to find a place to cross it. We made our way back down, and met quite a few other people out doing the same thing as we were doing…hiking, in the rain, to view waterfalls. Once we got down to the main path to the big waterfall, we encountered over a dozen people, most were family groups, that were “dressed’ for the occasion, out viewing, walking, etc. 2 of our group waded through the streams of water to make it to the big falls, By the time we got back to the main parking area, it was Filled with vehicles of people out viewing the large amount of flowing water. 

Next weeks’ hike will be at Snake road in Union County, led by Shawn Gossman.