Trail parking at bottom head next to campsites to the left of giftshop. Fun adventure hike, a bit steep at spots leading to an open relatively flat top, mountain views through the trees before the decent. It poured rain on the way down and on our trip not enough time to become slippery but at the bottom to turn right or left was a muddy pit walkway. There was an unexpected surprise with finding a clearing that had a bench to take a break on, well needed at that point. The markers on the trail were clearly marked and the trail seems maintained. It's a beautiful area with lush greenery overhead and we saw animal life of all species, minus a bear, thankfully. It's definitely a moderate trail and we completely got lost at the bottom with the lack of 2 pathway markers, so we took a bottom road and found a way out to a bottom camper site caddy corner to a bathroom shower house. Being alive, safe and well, I can say our family truly had one heck of memorable experiences here at Moncove for trail hiking. Absolutely beautiful