If the trail starts climbing before the mouth of Long Canyon it would likely head up through this area.
Another option is to follow the Long Canyon trail a short ways as shown on the map above. Then cut up the ridge to the right just before a rock outcrop that crosses the trail.
The goal in the distance.
The route on the map parallels the road, eventually crossing a drainage near its head just below this old car.
The route then climbs to the Southwest between Flagstaff road and Long Canyon. It meets the Long Canyon trail as it climbs towards the road.
At the road the route could follow an old dirt road.
It would logically follow some old switchbacks climbing toward the ridge.
Many feathers were found.
The route hits the ridge and bends towards the East to connect with the Green Mountain West Ridge Trail.
Making a connector trail between the top of Long Canyon, and the Green Mountain West Ridge trail is something that has long been needed (no pun intended). The exact route of the trail may be best marked relatively close to the road, but would switchback away from the road in places, and would likely only need to be a few hundred meters in length to make the connection.
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