Canyon makes more sense as a name, since the trail follows a steep, rocky streambed chasm. From the Featherbed the trail hop, skips, and jumps on rocks down a muddy streambed heading east. After just over 0.5 mile, the trail turns hard right and begins following Canon Brook in earnest. Shortly the trail emerges onto ledges swept clean by spring torrents. Footing is tricky on the steep, smooth rock, and trail markers are sometimes hard to follow.
Good boots are essential.
At 0.65 mile, the trail overlooks the actual canyon, which is about 10-feet wide and 15 feet deep. Continue carefully down the right side of the chasm to the boulders that offer steps down the overgrown talus slopes. The trail joins up with the Murray Young Path at a distance of 0.8 mile. Pages reproduced from this book are copyrighted material. They are reproduced here with written permission from the publisher.