As a former Infantryman I hold a peculiar fondness for the A-10, but I like my time in the woods to be quieter these days.
More typical in the Whites are fighters; something that needs lots of real estate to turn around. I've always assumed those were from the Vermont Air National Guard. No...
How far from the washout to the trailhead?
The Benton Trail off Tunnel Brook Road had about 1.5 miles added when the Forest Service decided they couldn't permanently repair a washout.
Update from 6/18
Walls are up with some sort of green tar paper.
The bottom of the sign reads "Foster's Crossroads" in the same format as the Valero signage.
I walked from Kilkenny / Bog Dam Road up to Pond of Safety a couple years ago. I wouldn't say it was suitable for anything except snowmobiles. With all the wet weather recently, good luck to any wheeled vehicle.
I just can't picture a gaggle of converted school buses trying to navigate the Loop.
Townsend State Forest in Massachusetts is full of the stuff. It is quite a sight in full bloom, but it can make for some horrific bushwhacking.
As far as I have seen the northern limit for the plant is just north of the New Hampshire state line.
I was on the Wentworth side yesterday. It started as FR 429 and is good shape for quite a way. I did a lot of meandering and in places the GPS was telling me I was on the trail, but there nothing on the ground that appeared trail-like.
There is a skidder path that will get you above 1600' that...
Good thing you specified the location. I thought it might have been the one near Black Mtn & Sugarloaf ;-)
Not yet. But reading this bumps it higher on the list.
Somehow, I just couldn't get myself to step closer ;-)
At first, I saw Mom from behind, but seeing the yearling changed everything. I stayed at the edge of the road and looked for escape routes.