Eventually Eastside meets a 4-way junction with the Stack Rock trail. Continue straight ahead to start Sweet Connie. This trail tips downhill right away, emerging from the trees onto brushy slopes. You'll carve through loose switchbacks down into a creek valley, where the trail continues downhill on tight singletrack. Some sections become quite technical, and there are drop offs to keep you on your toes.

After a few miles beside the creek the trail rises to broad prairie slopes, then turns downhill through a panoramic lower valley. After dipping to the creek once more, climbing resumes through a mix of sagebrush and squat forest. The trail finally hits Bogus Basin Road near the Dry Creek trailhead, where you can leave a car waiting.

This ride enjoys a fairly long season because it can still be tolerable in the summer. The upper elevations can stay snowy/muddy throughout June, however, so in early season you might shortcut in on Stack Rock connector trail. Start from the trailhead lower on Bogus Basin Road and ride the swoopy, traversing singletrack to reach the 4-way junction where Sweet Connie begins. As with other trails in the foothills, avoid this one if it's muddy in order to preserve the tread.