Crescent Hill via Pot Peak Trail and Devil's Backbone Trail(edit)

Pretty Simple....Either drive or ride up the Shady Pass Road to Cresent Hill Trailhead. Start up the steep first pitch of the trail to a junction in about 200 yards. Stay on trail #1448. Don't go down Lake Creek Trail. You will quickly come to another intersection....stay right on trail #1448. You will climb and descend numerous times. At the bottom of a hill after about 2.5 miles you'll come to the intesection with the Angle Peak Trail #1144. Stay left and climb up the hill to the intersection with the Four Mile Ridge Trail #1445. Go left down #1448 and you'll criss-cross the slope on a fun descent with some increasing rocky switchbacks. At the bottom you'll be in a rather large field of talus. Ride/walk up the trail through the talus slope. Once on top continue to climb for about 5 more minutes and then descend to the intersecton with the Pot Peak Trail # 1266. Get ready for 10 miles of downhill single track. The upper section was rough in 2014 but after about a mile trail conditions improve. Enjoy the ride!! Arrive at the Pot Peak Trailhead.