"This was to be the first time my buddy Jake's girlfriend Ariel would join us for a hike, and Monahan Mountain seemed like an easy enough hike for the occasion. There is an old road that runs nearly to the summit starting from Cabin Creek Road, with a fairly modest incline most of the way. The route lies within the property of a tree farm. A sign at the trailhead reads "no trespassing, stay on trail." The trail is really just an old road, but they do have signs with arrows marking most of the junctions along the way to point you toward the top. When we arrived at the trailhead we were greeted with much more snow than we'd expected. At that moment I really wished I'd brought my snowshoes. Oh well. Jake and Ariel didn't have a pair either, so off we went one slow, sinking step at a time. The upside to the snow was enjoying an insane amount of animal tracks along the hike. I mean they were everywhere. We heard what I'm guessing was a pack of coyotes howling and yelping as well. We definitely saw plenty of their tracks and scat. We also saw tracks from rabbits and plenty of other small critters we were unable to identify. Not to mention some huge prints I'm guessing belonged to an elk...." — Al-Rashid • Jan 31, 2014