After crossing a brook, the trail descends steeply. Their would be stairs made out of logs, that is hidden by the snow and ice.

There is a culvert tunnel that takes the Severence Hill Trail under the Adirondack Northway from the Parking Area in Schroon Lake to Severance Hill on the west-side of the Northway. It's kind of ironic that "Severence Hill" access was almost severed by the Northway.