LT6: Dry Creek Connector

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Also known locally as the Sexy Time Connector, leading as it does to a secluded corner where local youths have been known to canoodle. LT6 is part of a network of former logging trail doubletracks that are now closed to motor vehicle traffic. Most of the network is not of much interest to mountain bikers, but this trail in particular is useful in that it enables some interesting loop opportunities between Dry Creek, and Shingle Creek on the east side of Bogus Basin Road and the Eastside Trail network on the west side. This trail allows for a great, but longish, loop opportunity with Sweet Sweet Connie, Shingle Creek, and Dry Creek.

The trail peels off of Dry Creek about a third of the way down from the top, just as the grade relaxes a bit. The trail intersection is signed, but this trail is marked simply as "To Bogus Basin Road." The trail starts out with a mellow grade as it traverses open, unshaded hillside. Grind up a couple of miles and you'll reach a short downhill and get up into the treeline. Once up in the trees, the trail gets noticeably steeper. Keep cranking and you'll eventually run into LT5: Ponderosa Pine Overlook. As of this writing, this intersection is not signed. Take a right at this intersection and you can go out to the headwaters of Dry Creek, or take a left to head out to Bogus Basin Road. From the road, it's just a short jaunt up to Freddy's Stack Rock Trail #125 and the broader Eastside Trail network.

The trail is doubletrack the whole way. Towards the bottom, one of the tracks is growing over in a way that might turn into singletrack in a couple years. The surface on the lower portion of the trail is sandy, but gets loamier (but also more washed out) as you climb.