Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008
Gorgeous day to get out in the woods - blue sky, decent temps, no wind, glittering snow. Snow in the Norheast Kingdom has a good crust underneath 3-4" newer light snow.
The first third of Gore's trail was pockmarked by extensive postholing - courtesy of my cousins the moose. Tough snowshoeing.
No sooner had the moose veered off to other destinations beyond a series of small ponds, than the trail disappeared. I bushwhacked for two miles through pleasant, open woods before stumbling across the white blazes again at 2700'. Then I periodically lost the trail climbing through the mature spruce near the top.
I'd hoped to check out the old firewarden's cabin on the peak, but 4-5 feet of snow blocked the entrance.
Descending, it was the same story. Bushes encroaching on the trail and too few white blazes meant lots more bushwhacking on the way down.
- jt
Gorgeous day to get out in the woods - blue sky, decent temps, no wind, glittering snow. Snow in the Norheast Kingdom has a good crust underneath 3-4" newer light snow.
The first third of Gore's trail was pockmarked by extensive postholing - courtesy of my cousins the moose. Tough snowshoeing.
No sooner had the moose veered off to other destinations beyond a series of small ponds, than the trail disappeared. I bushwhacked for two miles through pleasant, open woods before stumbling across the white blazes again at 2700'. Then I periodically lost the trail climbing through the mature spruce near the top.
I'd hoped to check out the old firewarden's cabin on the peak, but 4-5 feet of snow blocked the entrance.
Descending, it was the same story. Bushes encroaching on the trail and too few white blazes meant lots more bushwhacking on the way down.
- jt
