Drove Blue Ridge Parkway to Waterrock Knob parking, then hiked back down to and across Blue Ridge Parkway to ridge trail to Yellow Face peak and back. Gina made it up the steepest section to the best overlook. The trail goes over a small peak then gets steep on the final ascent to Yellow Face peak. For my 6-foot frame it was a class 1 with trekking poles, but Gina had to scramble a few places with her 5-foot frame. Some sections are narrow with overgrowth, but poles were sufficient to hold back a few briars. Past the peak gets tight with overgrowth. A sign near the trailhead says it is 0.6 mile to Yellow Face, and I suspect my noisy GPS/GPX recording is responsible for the extra miles totaled. The trail is not as straight as indicated on the maps, but it is not as crooked as indicated by the noisy signal.