grumpygran
New member
- Joined
- Jun 15, 2008
- Messages
- 85
- Reaction score
- 40
August 5th.
Forecasted to be a gorgeous day so 11 of us set out to help Henry, the marathon man, finish his 48. But the weather men were wrong (surprise!) and we were in the clouds most of the day with smatterings of rain. Headed up the Hi Cannon Trail from the parking lot. It was wet, eroded, and difficult at times. Getting up towards the top the ladder has really deteriorated in the past two years and is in poor condition. The rocks were wet and slippy and the mud deep and dirty.
We enjoyed our moment of celebration at the top despite no views and after warming up in the summit house decided to descend via the Kinsman Ridge Trail. Water ran down that trail at a great rate adding to the mud, the slippery rocks and the steepness (or so it seemed). The lower half of scree was actually easier to manouver as it is washed out with a deep trough to walk in.
Had to return to the parking lot via the Pemi Trail which is quite overgrown especially at the shoulder/eye level. Then we found the wooden bridge had floated downstream so we got our boots washed as we waded across. Crossed a downed tree to make it to the bike path where we walked in ease back to the car.
A challenging day for all of us but worth it for our friend Henry! Congrats again.
Forecasted to be a gorgeous day so 11 of us set out to help Henry, the marathon man, finish his 48. But the weather men were wrong (surprise!) and we were in the clouds most of the day with smatterings of rain. Headed up the Hi Cannon Trail from the parking lot. It was wet, eroded, and difficult at times. Getting up towards the top the ladder has really deteriorated in the past two years and is in poor condition. The rocks were wet and slippy and the mud deep and dirty.
We enjoyed our moment of celebration at the top despite no views and after warming up in the summit house decided to descend via the Kinsman Ridge Trail. Water ran down that trail at a great rate adding to the mud, the slippery rocks and the steepness (or so it seemed). The lower half of scree was actually easier to manouver as it is washed out with a deep trough to walk in.
Had to return to the parking lot via the Pemi Trail which is quite overgrown especially at the shoulder/eye level. Then we found the wooden bridge had floated downstream so we got our boots washed as we waded across. Crossed a downed tree to make it to the bike path where we walked in ease back to the car.
A challenging day for all of us but worth it for our friend Henry! Congrats again.
