GNR
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I have always read the maps, and then the AMC guide afterward, to see if it matched up and what I remember...I've been warned not to make this a habit. This past weekend, I failed to read the book, even while stopped at Galehead hut, about the Franconia Brook Trail and the detour that supposedly exists around an area with an 'enthusiatic' beaver colony. I completely missed the detour, and tried to ford the wet area (dumb) and the beavers actually got a bit agitated and then down right too close for comfort. Do they bite?
I then bushwhacked right around the pond, only to find the going too thick, hopped in the brook and walked about 1000 yards down stream, and then whacked back to what I thought was the FBT, but was really the Lincoln Brook trail. Made it back fine after running into another hiker, and would have enjoyed the last 2 hours better had I read the damn book first.
PS Found an LLBean tent that looked like it had been ripped off someone's pack while they did a similar route. Left it.
I then bushwhacked right around the pond, only to find the going too thick, hopped in the brook and walked about 1000 yards down stream, and then whacked back to what I thought was the FBT, but was really the Lincoln Brook trail. Made it back fine after running into another hiker, and would have enjoyed the last 2 hours better had I read the damn book first.
PS Found an LLBean tent that looked like it had been ripped off someone's pack while they did a similar route. Left it.