Silver Star Mountain - Ed's Trail — Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021

Driving the last 3 miles on Road 4109 to the trailhead is quite a white knuckle experience, for both driver and passenger.  Pot holes just does not justifiably described the small to medium crater like holes in the road, along with deep tire ruts and water run off ruts.  It is doable in a high clearance vehicle but travel slowly and pay attention to how you approach each road obstacle.  We grew up in rural Michigan so my partner was actually having a grand ole time driving.  We arrived to 2 other cars at the trailhead, and when we finished the hike around 2pm there were then 11 cars in total, so this isn't a very crowded hike, and we hiked on a Saturday in early August.  My suggestion for Ed's trail is to hike this trail on your return from Silver Star mountain so you can take the rock wall and steep hill going down instead of up, makes it easier to scoot on your butt for those not sure footed and you can use small tree trunks to pick your way.  It's really not that bad, we did it with two dogs, just a bit intimidating due to how skinny the trail is and the drop off to your right. Overall this hike was absolutely amazing!  Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous views and the drive added a kick in the pants adrenaline as well.