Higher elevations classify as a spruce-fir forest, hosting natural life commonly found in the White Mountains region.

[4] Beginning along the Ethan Pond Trail route, some of its early sections pass over railroad tracks and an old logging road.

After a 1,200 foot ascent, it meets the junction of the Willey Range Trail, and follows a crossing over Kedron Brook.

Willey hosts similar wildlife and plant life to the neighboring elevated regions in New Hampshire.

Willey, are red spruce, balsam fir, sugar maple, American beech and yellow birch.

[5] Commonly found understory shrubs are hobblebush, mountain maple, shield fern, and wood sorrel.