1. Start on Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange), heading SE.
2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading SE.
3. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
4. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
5. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
6. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
7. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
8. 0.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
9. 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
10. 0.2 miTurn left onto RFT (Orange), heading E.
11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tinker Trail, heading E.
12. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Christmas Trail, heading NW.
14. 0.3 miReach Tinker Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
15. 0.3 miBear left onto Tinker Trail, heading S.
16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto RFT (Orange), heading W.
17. 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SW.
18. 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
21. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
22. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
23. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
24. 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading W.
25. 250 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange), heading NW.
26. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/christmas-trail-tinker-trail-out-back-9-km