1. Start on Shelter Trail, heading NW.
2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
3. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
4. 250 ftTurn left onto Plain Road, heading W.
5. 1.2 miSharp left onto Breakheart Pond Trail, heading SW.
6. 0.5 miTurn left onto Plain Road, heading SW.
7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Colby Cutoff, heading S.
8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Barber Road, heading S.
9. 0.1 miReach Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Colby Cutoff, heading E.
11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Plain Road, heading N.
12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Breakheart Pond Trail, heading E.
13. 0.5 miSharp right onto Plain Road, heading E.
14. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
15. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Shelter Trail, heading SE.
17. 0.5 miArrive 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/mount-tom-out-back-16-km