I was checking out a map of my beloved Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area and I found a trail that I had not noticed before. It was a short little trail called “The Yerkut.” The Yerkut, what does that mean? And why are they building new trails without letting me know. The powers that be on Turkey Mountain are always doing that. So of course I had to go check it out on the shadowy trails.

So I parked on the upper parking lot and started my trek to the Yerkut which is at the far northern extremity of Turkey Mountain and I came to the trail marker showing the direction.

And just a short while later I got to this.

It’s a bicycle jump ramp, double black diamond, which is code for “gimpy hikers with replaced knees turn around and go somewhere else.” And notice it has a friendly little location sign so if you jump off that ramp and break your neck but you can still use your phone you can call for help. Better be able to hold on though because it could be a while the Fire Department rallies to the main parking lot with their fourwheeler and gets to you.

Just for grins I walked to the edge of the ramp. It is a long ways down there! It looks to me that if you go off the ramp you are headed for oblivion. You might even get hung up in the trees.

This is the trail that you take to return to the main trail. I was going to climb down and check it out. I am thinking about hiding a geocache down there and call it “The Yerkut.” I think it would be a cool name for a cache. The only problem is that I think I could get down there but I am not sure I would get back up. I don’t know how in the world a bicyclist get climb out with their bike. I don’t know how the fire department get down there with a gurney and back up either.

Turkey Mountain has a tradition of very steep trails. None of them are official in this new day and age. The best steep trail name was called the “I want my mommy trail.” Yep years ago I ascended that trail. I was a lot younger and stronger then. No more

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