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However after a short hike around the turnout I could not find a trail. There was a fair amount of water and snow. If I was alone I would surely have found my way, but with six other people I'm sure they all would not enjoy the uncertainty of the trail.Well... I wouldn't try to find and follow it if there was too much snow. It is mostly a nicely beaten path when it is dry, but if you have never walked it, in snow, you could wander all over the place.
Here are two pictures from last year:
The parking lot. The "trail" heads directly back (and more to the left) in the picture, behind the vehicle in the center.
I
think once you walk 20 or 30 yards, this sign comes into view: