Mt. Shaw

[sierra]

I wanted to hike on Sunday, but had no desire to join the leaf peeping madness in the Whites. Decided to hit one of our home ranges the Ossipees. Turns out, we needed Shaw for our 4th round of the 52wav list as well. I took the route from the Castle grounds and I never tire of the tote roads and the High ridge trail. It was a glorious day, yellows everywhere, surprisingly a lot of leaves on the valley floor. Saw only 5 people all day. My dog hurt his leg just coming off the summit. I couldn't find an issue and was about to get out his rescue harness. I coached him a bit and asked for he would try to hike down a bit. He made it the whole 4 miles, even picking up the pace with a mile to go. Physical fitness in humans and dogs is a valuable asset, my dog hikes every week and walks 40+ miles at home per week, tough little SOB.

 

[maineguy]

I wanted to hike on Sunday, but had no desire to join the leaf peeping madness in the Whites. Decided to hit one of our home ranges the Ossipees. Turns out, we needed Shaw for our 4th round of the 52wav list as well. I took the route from the Castle grounds and I never tire of the tote roads and the High ridge trail. It was a glorious day, yellows everywhere, surprisingly a lot of leaves on the valley floor. Saw only 5 people all day. My dog hurt his leg just coming off the summit. I couldn't find an issue and was about to get out his rescue harness. I coached him a bit and asked for he would try to hike down a bit. He made it the whole 4 miles, even picking up the pace with a mile to go. Physical fitness in humans and dogs is a valuable asset, my dog hikes every week and walks 40+ miles at home per week, tough little SOB.

Sierra, if you want to continue to enjoy the solitude and peacefulness of the Ossipees (which I savored for years), I would respectfully recommend that you cease all trip reports from that area...

My favorite was the loop over Roberts and Shaw.

 

[sierra]

Sierra, if you want to continue to enjoy the solitude and peacefulness of the Ossipees (which I savored for years), I would respectfully recommend that you cease all trip reports from that area...

My favorite was the loop over Roberts and Shaw.

I'm not worried, most VFTT members don't really hike anymore, they just sit out here and argue about nothing.

 

[NHChris]

I'm not worried, most VFTT members don't really hike anymore, they just sit out here and argue about nothing.

Too funny…. But probably true!

 

[Grey J]

We're not arguing we're just contradicting. No we're not. Yes we are!

 

[skiguy]

We're not arguing we're just contradicting. No we're not. Yes we are!

 

[DayTrip]

I am a VFTT member, I still hike, and I did that Roberts Shaw Loop based on Sierra's recommendation! Doh!!

 

[NHChris]

And I’m doing Stinson tomorrow as I peck away at the 52.

Go team VFTT !

 

[sierra]

And I’m doing Stinson tomorrow as I peck away at the 52.

Go team VFTT !

Stinson is a nice hike, easy but pretty nice. I walk down the snowmobile trail the whole way, it's a better decent.

 

[NHChris]

Stinson is a nice hike, easy but pretty nice. I walk down the snowmobile trail the whole way, it's a better decent.

So true. We took trail up and enjoyed the nice steady ascent. Then the rains came and we opted for the snowmobile trail down to avoid all the slick rock hopping.

 

[Grey J]

Thanks for the photo, Chris. I did Stinson in the fog last year and the visibility was about 50 feet. I've been wondering what I missed.

 

[NHChris]

Thanks for the photo, Chris. I did Stinson in the fog last year and the visibility was about 50 feet. I've been wondering what I missed.

We had a mixed bag of wx with sun, clouds, drizzle and eventually moderate rain. But the hike was great and foliage beautiful. Tree pic is from Rumney center.

 

[bcborder]

My favorite way to hike Shaw is from the Mount Shaw trailhead, up over Big Ball and Black Snout and return via Turtleback and Bald Knob with a short road walk. I'm much less a fan of the meandering carriage paths. There are use paths that short cut the carriage roads at the very top of Mount Shaw and especially link Turtleback directly with Bald Knob.