Jimmy Legs and Little D
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Our intent was to hike North Moat via Red Ridge Trail. Yesterday we had scoped out the trail up to Diana’s Bath.
As we packed our gear into our Subaru on the parking lot of the Lodge at Jackson, Tom and Atticus came walking by taking their daily route around Jackson. Atticus greeted us as if he had just been reunited with an old friend. Tom suggested taking the Moat Mountain Trail to South Moat from Passaconaway Road. We were not aware that you could take that road to the trailhead in winter.
Thanks Tom for the tip.
We donned our snowshoes and started our journey at 10am continuing on a nicely packed trail with some bare spots. Once you cross the bridge the snow depth steadily increased.
We ran into a hiker with her two dogs, Callie and Gypsy.
Here's Callie posing for a photo.
She had to turn back after loosing the trail after the first viewpoint.
When we reached the point where she had turned around you could understand why as it was extremely difficult finding a blaze.
It became overcast and a light snow began to fall. We struggled to find more blazes. Right before the 2nd viewpoint we lost the trail again, it became very windy, snowing heavily now, so we turned around and headed back down. About 100 yards down the trail, we stopped to eat. We talked about how close we must be to the summit and decided to head back up the trail. The falling snow had decreased but the winds were steadily increasing and once we reached the summit you encountered the full force of the wind.
http://s489.photobucket.com/albums/...at Mountain/?action=view¤t=MOV08727.flv
We were rewarded with spectacular views of the surrounding mountains.
We were so glad we continued to the summit.
After 20 minutes for photos on the summit, we headed back at 3:00.
On the way down we saw this ice encrusted tree.
The return trip was sloppy going from postholes left from other hikers.
We returned to the trailhead by 5pm.
That evening in Tuckerman’s Tavern (at the New England Inn) we treated ourselves to Cranberry Shaker Pot Roast; mmmmmmm!
As we packed our gear into our Subaru on the parking lot of the Lodge at Jackson, Tom and Atticus came walking by taking their daily route around Jackson. Atticus greeted us as if he had just been reunited with an old friend. Tom suggested taking the Moat Mountain Trail to South Moat from Passaconaway Road. We were not aware that you could take that road to the trailhead in winter.
Thanks Tom for the tip.
We donned our snowshoes and started our journey at 10am continuing on a nicely packed trail with some bare spots. Once you cross the bridge the snow depth steadily increased.
We ran into a hiker with her two dogs, Callie and Gypsy.
Here's Callie posing for a photo.
She had to turn back after loosing the trail after the first viewpoint.
When we reached the point where she had turned around you could understand why as it was extremely difficult finding a blaze.
It became overcast and a light snow began to fall. We struggled to find more blazes. Right before the 2nd viewpoint we lost the trail again, it became very windy, snowing heavily now, so we turned around and headed back down. About 100 yards down the trail, we stopped to eat. We talked about how close we must be to the summit and decided to head back up the trail. The falling snow had decreased but the winds were steadily increasing and once we reached the summit you encountered the full force of the wind.
http://s489.photobucket.com/albums/...at Mountain/?action=view¤t=MOV08727.flv
We were rewarded with spectacular views of the surrounding mountains.
We were so glad we continued to the summit.
After 20 minutes for photos on the summit, we headed back at 3:00.
On the way down we saw this ice encrusted tree.
The return trip was sloppy going from postholes left from other hikers.
We returned to the trailhead by 5pm.
That evening in Tuckerman’s Tavern (at the New England Inn) we treated ourselves to Cranberry Shaker Pot Roast; mmmmmmm!
