Locate the trailhead from the parking area at the end of Crane Pond Road, near the boundary of Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area. The route begins with a easy uphill grade to a bridge over Alder Creek. After reaching the first junction, stay left to continue on Crane Pond Road. At the second junction, stay on Crane Pond Road, bypassing Long Swing Trail that cuts back left. Head to the end of Crane Pond Road to a vista point at the northwest end of the pond. From the vista point, back track and turn left to cross a bridge over the outlet of Crane Pond. After the bridge, cut right moving off the trail to ski along the open shoreline of Alder Pond. Continue along the shoreline until reaching the Goose Pond Trail. Turn left onto the trail and continue to Goose Pond. To return to the parking area, move back along Goose Pond Trail, moving across the bridge at the west end of Alder Pond to reach the junction of Goose Pond and Crane Pond trail that you passed at the beginning, (the first trail junction you encountered). From here, turn left and follow your tracks back to the parking lot.