We climbed Hurricane Mt yesterday under bright blue skies.
The trail we climbed was from a PA at the end of Hurricane Mt Lane, which begins about 2 miles east of Elizabethtown.
This was the route the tower observer used to take and 5 years ago DEC was about to close it. Instead, Christine( BlackSpruce ) volunteered to adopt the trail and keep it cleared and open. Instead of this gorgeous route to Hurricane growing over and becoming useless, Christine keeps it cleared, marked, and ready to hike. She even carried in coated chicken wire to nail to the surface of a bridge to keep hikers from slipping on the wet or icy footing.
The trail follows a right of way across a private dirt road at its beginning, becomes a more usual woods road and then makes a turn, and starts climbing to Hurricane's rocky, open summit.
For those who haven't climbed Hurricane, put it on your short list to enjoy the views of dozens of peaks in all directions.
Besides the trip report, wanted to post a 'thank you' to Christine for the work she does on this trail, and for the years and miles of work she's done on other trails and herd paths - places that many have enjoyed and too many to enumerate here.
Peakbagr
The trail we climbed was from a PA at the end of Hurricane Mt Lane, which begins about 2 miles east of Elizabethtown.
This was the route the tower observer used to take and 5 years ago DEC was about to close it. Instead, Christine( BlackSpruce ) volunteered to adopt the trail and keep it cleared and open. Instead of this gorgeous route to Hurricane growing over and becoming useless, Christine keeps it cleared, marked, and ready to hike. She even carried in coated chicken wire to nail to the surface of a bridge to keep hikers from slipping on the wet or icy footing.
The trail follows a right of way across a private dirt road at its beginning, becomes a more usual woods road and then makes a turn, and starts climbing to Hurricane's rocky, open summit.
For those who haven't climbed Hurricane, put it on your short list to enjoy the views of dozens of peaks in all directions.
Besides the trip report, wanted to post a 'thank you' to Christine for the work she does on this trail, and for the years and miles of work she's done on other trails and herd paths - places that many have enjoyed and too many to enumerate here.
Peakbagr
