Brushy Mountain Fire Road is the second arterial road through the Cove. It starts just inside the gate where Carvins Cove Road hits Happy Valley (#1) and climbs steadily to reach an upper ridge. It continues on up, down and around til it reaches Hinchee Trail on the far end. This route connects to the upper end of several difficult, downhill trails, including Hemlock Tunnel (#7), Gauntlet (#13), Hi-Dee-Hoe (#17), Royalty (#28), Trough (#14) and Buck (#15).