onestep
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I got up at 4:30am. My plan was to try to beat the heat and any afternoon thunder-boomer's. After a quick stop at Dunkin Donuts it was off to NH to do a trio of NH3k's that I've been looking forward to for a long time.
I arrived at the end of the Slippery Brook Rd and was ready to go around 7am. I followed a short side path to the East Branch Trail, crossed the river and headed uphill. After getting through an initial thick band of spruce the woods opened up and basically stayed that way for the rest of the day!
My compass bearing was to the NE and soon I found myself on the narrow ridge that comes off Chandler to the WSW. Once atop this ridge it was one moose path after another till the summit.
I reached the summit at 8:20. The jar was found atop a stump, upside down with no cover. I signed the register, put it in a new baggy, and headed off towards Sable.
I dropped off Chandler a little bit W of the ridge that leads down to the col. This was not on purpose, but, with the open woods I was enjoying it didn't really matter. I ended up contouring just below and to the W of the col and then headed uphill towards Sable. Again, lots of herd paths and ferns.
I arrived at the summit 9:30. The PVC canister was damp inside so I placed the register in a new baggy. After a short visit I dropped due W off Sable and headed down into the valley.
The woods again where cooperative and I made good time. I'd been told that the woods on both sides of the river where thick. I must have been on the right side of the 50 yard rule as they sure seemed O.K. to me! I crossed the river, and then the East Branch trail. I continued W until I came upon an old logging road.
I turned right onto the logging road and followed it up to approx 2700', At this point it starts to descend and turn away from the summit. This was easy to see on the map I was carrying. I was just over 3/10th of a mile from the summit. I calculated a compass bearing and struck off for the summit. I was not sure what I'd find along the way as the contour lines on my map where really close together.
The ascent involved 600' of elevation gain. Fortunately the woods where mostly open. It was steep but no ledge or cliffs to negotiate. I arrived at the summit boulder at 12:30. Someone wrote in the register that the PVC canister was full of water so they re-hung it upside down. Well, somehow water is still finding it's way in! Again, I replaced the baggy with a new one.
I wanted to linger at the summit but it started to shower. It didn't last long but neither did it drive the bugs away... so downhill I went. A swarm of flies in pursuit.
I arrived back at the logging road and found a HUGE moose antler that was in GREAT shape! It weighed a ton but even so I strapped it on my day pack and waddled back downhill with it. Along the way I scared up 3 moose. Two where bulls, the other I couldn't tell.
Once down lower on the logging road I again headed into the woods and 'whacked over to the East Branch Trail. Even with the large antler strapped on my back the woods posed no challenge. Once back on the trail it was an easy walk back to my car. I arrived there around 2:45.
Just another fun day in the woods!
a few pic's
I arrived at the end of the Slippery Brook Rd and was ready to go around 7am. I followed a short side path to the East Branch Trail, crossed the river and headed uphill. After getting through an initial thick band of spruce the woods opened up and basically stayed that way for the rest of the day!
My compass bearing was to the NE and soon I found myself on the narrow ridge that comes off Chandler to the WSW. Once atop this ridge it was one moose path after another till the summit.
I reached the summit at 8:20. The jar was found atop a stump, upside down with no cover. I signed the register, put it in a new baggy, and headed off towards Sable.
I dropped off Chandler a little bit W of the ridge that leads down to the col. This was not on purpose, but, with the open woods I was enjoying it didn't really matter. I ended up contouring just below and to the W of the col and then headed uphill towards Sable. Again, lots of herd paths and ferns.
I arrived at the summit 9:30. The PVC canister was damp inside so I placed the register in a new baggy. After a short visit I dropped due W off Sable and headed down into the valley.
The woods again where cooperative and I made good time. I'd been told that the woods on both sides of the river where thick. I must have been on the right side of the 50 yard rule as they sure seemed O.K. to me! I crossed the river, and then the East Branch trail. I continued W until I came upon an old logging road.
I turned right onto the logging road and followed it up to approx 2700', At this point it starts to descend and turn away from the summit. This was easy to see on the map I was carrying. I was just over 3/10th of a mile from the summit. I calculated a compass bearing and struck off for the summit. I was not sure what I'd find along the way as the contour lines on my map where really close together.
The ascent involved 600' of elevation gain. Fortunately the woods where mostly open. It was steep but no ledge or cliffs to negotiate. I arrived at the summit boulder at 12:30. Someone wrote in the register that the PVC canister was full of water so they re-hung it upside down. Well, somehow water is still finding it's way in! Again, I replaced the baggy with a new one.
I wanted to linger at the summit but it started to shower. It didn't last long but neither did it drive the bugs away... so downhill I went. A swarm of flies in pursuit.
I arrived back at the logging road and found a HUGE moose antler that was in GREAT shape! It weighed a ton but even so I strapped it on my day pack and waddled back downhill with it. Along the way I scared up 3 moose. Two where bulls, the other I couldn't tell.
Once down lower on the logging road I again headed into the woods and 'whacked over to the East Branch Trail. Even with the large antler strapped on my back the woods posed no challenge. Once back on the trail it was an easy walk back to my car. I arrived there around 2:45.
Just another fun day in the woods!
a few pic's
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