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Tramper Al
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Just a week after skiing the Catamount Trail in fine snow conditions, here I am paddling my Wildfire upstream through quickwater on the upper Sudbury River. Good stuff.
This section can reportedly be very tough (to get through) in all but highwater, so after a couple of days of rain, I saw my chance. I paddled in about 3 miles up through flat and quick to access Cedar Swamp Pond in Westboro. The water level was outstanding and not once did I need to drag or lift over. This is a completely undeveloped and fairly inaccessible pond in an otherwise quite suburban part of the Commonwealth. I even scouted a portage route (about 1 mile) in directly to the pond while I was in there. The pond was about half cleared of ice, the river nice and high.
Wildlife highlights included a whitetail on the trail and an otter at the pond's outlet. Each time I had a chance to watch them for a while before they saw me. Add a red tail, great blue, many ducks and geese as well.
A very nice local paddle for me, to get the season rolling.
This section can reportedly be very tough (to get through) in all but highwater, so after a couple of days of rain, I saw my chance. I paddled in about 3 miles up through flat and quick to access Cedar Swamp Pond in Westboro. The water level was outstanding and not once did I need to drag or lift over. This is a completely undeveloped and fairly inaccessible pond in an otherwise quite suburban part of the Commonwealth. I even scouted a portage route (about 1 mile) in directly to the pond while I was in there. The pond was about half cleared of ice, the river nice and high.
Wildlife highlights included a whitetail on the trail and an otter at the pond's outlet. Each time I had a chance to watch them for a while before they saw me. Add a red tail, great blue, many ducks and geese as well.
A very nice local paddle for me, to get the season rolling.
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