una_dogger
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Vose Spur, Saturday June 7, NEHH No. 96
Since Jazzbo has a thread going on this one already, I'll just add a few thoughts and pictures. I had a four day weekend planned, and in all honesty was considering revisiting some of my favorite peaks in the Adirondacks, but then realized I could concievably finish the NEHH on my birthday on Goose Eye at the start of our backpacking vacation if I really applied myself to it this long weekend.
A few weeks back I joined BobandGeri on part of a hike in Southern Presis, and they jumped at the opportunity to go back to Vose, so that sealed the deal and we set the date. I sent out a few emails earlier in the week to some friends who I thought also might like to join. Then, a few days later I got an email from Jazzbo asking to come along, so there we have it...a big group of people all looking forward to hiking to Vose Spur.
Friday night, we found ourselves driving up to camp at Dry River, with Jazzbo joining us later that evening. We met up with the others at the Highland Center for breakfast, along with Mark, a friend of Bob and Geri's.
I was thrilled to see Joo-lie AKA Timmus at the trailhead on Sawyer River Rd, she had ambitious peakbagging plans for the weekend as well and wasn't 100% sure she'd make it. That brought our merry group up to 8 and we set off on a very enjoyable day!
Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day:
Two special friends of mine
Cannister shot...we picked up another VfTTer along the way, now we were 9
Vose Spur is one of my favorite climbs, I really enjoyed the steeps and the woods are so peaceful. I hope to return to this peak again.
Peak Above The Nubble, Wednesday, June 3, NEHH #95
I had worked the previous weekend thus earning a weekday off, so I had planned on NE Cannonball in the morning and PaTN in the afternoon. Rocket21 was joining me for PaTN, and we met at the Cannon Tramway parking area and carpooled over to Haystack Rd.
So, we had BobandGeri's map, and a GPS point on the summit of PatN, plus some fairly recent Summitpost remarks regarding skirting to the right of BnG's track to avoid spruce, a good bit of beta.
We headed onto the trail past the three big rocks. A side trip on a small woods road to the right leading to nowhere, and we were back on the larger trail. A few minutes later we were at the clear cut, and took a 210 magnetic as others have described, and worked our way through the raspberry prickers.
We were in fairly open woods, and then encountered spruce. We skirted to the right of it, heading nearly to the edge of the ridge, and then began working our way upwards again.
We came across this neat "cave"
And then this fun headwall, which I followed until it met the sky. At that point, we decided to go around to the left of it.
Then we found these awesome ledges, which we climbed. Note the "cuts" in the roots! Its an old trail and this area reminded me of some of the ADK herdpaths -- straight up the ledges with a few roots for handholds!! Yeehaw!
Happiness is finding a cannister!
We followed a herdpath to a quiet place, and found Ray Loring's memorial Plaque, where we shared a moment of silence and reflection
We followed the herdpath for a ways, then decided to drop off to the left. We had great views of the Haystack Slide for most of the ways, and walked down through open woods to a clearing with a nice view back.
We followed a skidder road, then a moose path, always heading towards the road, cut back a bit to the right through a clearcut filled with striped maple saplings, and popped out on the road, about 20 feet from the car.
We later discussed our approach with someone with a vast knowledge of "off the beaten path" approaches in the Whites, and he mentioned that we may have stumbled upon the "Double Trouble Nubble Trail" that was cut in the 80's and long since abandoned. Its not to be confused with the "illegal" trail heading over from North Twin, we were on the ravine side of the peak. Interesting!!! If anyone here has any knowledge of this old trail, I'd love to learn more about it.
GREAT day!!! I had a wonderful time bushwacking PaTn with Rocket21 and I am glad we chose to do some exploring! Thanks again for joining me!
NE Cannonball, New England Hundred Highest No. 94, Wednesday June 3
I hit the Lonesome Lake Trail at 10:45 on wednesday morning. It was a bright sunny day and the blue sky was filled with puffy white clouds. I had gotten a later start than I had planned, and felt a bit rushed as I was meeting Rocket21 at 2pm. I made it up to Lonesome Lake in about 30 minutes, and proceeded along the puncheons. I had never been on this side of the lake before, so I slowed down a bit to take in the views of the lake and enjoy the green surroundings.
This steep section of the Lonesome Lake Trail above the Lake was alot of fun
I really enjoyed the rock scrambles on the Kinsman Ridge Trail, on the final little pitch up to the summit
And the view of Franconia Ridge from the top was something special
Three hours round trip for NE Cannonball, a great peak to combine with another to create a full day of hiking.
That brings my little story to an end...a great four days of hiking, to some very wonderful places, shared with some truly kind people...it doesn't get much better than that for me. I feel truly blessed to have had this time to spend doing what I love best with those I care about the most.
And today, I rest! Look at my pictures, put away my gear, catch up on VfTT.
Just Chain of Ponds Snow and Goose Eye left to complete this list. Its been alot of fun and has brought me to some very unique places, in mind, body and spirit.
Happy Trails!
Since Jazzbo has a thread going on this one already, I'll just add a few thoughts and pictures. I had a four day weekend planned, and in all honesty was considering revisiting some of my favorite peaks in the Adirondacks, but then realized I could concievably finish the NEHH on my birthday on Goose Eye at the start of our backpacking vacation if I really applied myself to it this long weekend.
A few weeks back I joined BobandGeri on part of a hike in Southern Presis, and they jumped at the opportunity to go back to Vose, so that sealed the deal and we set the date. I sent out a few emails earlier in the week to some friends who I thought also might like to join. Then, a few days later I got an email from Jazzbo asking to come along, so there we have it...a big group of people all looking forward to hiking to Vose Spur.
Friday night, we found ourselves driving up to camp at Dry River, with Jazzbo joining us later that evening. We met up with the others at the Highland Center for breakfast, along with Mark, a friend of Bob and Geri's.
I was thrilled to see Joo-lie AKA Timmus at the trailhead on Sawyer River Rd, she had ambitious peakbagging plans for the weekend as well and wasn't 100% sure she'd make it. That brought our merry group up to 8 and we set off on a very enjoyable day!
Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day:
Two special friends of mine
Cannister shot...we picked up another VfTTer along the way, now we were 9
Vose Spur is one of my favorite climbs, I really enjoyed the steeps and the woods are so peaceful. I hope to return to this peak again.
Peak Above The Nubble, Wednesday, June 3, NEHH #95
I had worked the previous weekend thus earning a weekday off, so I had planned on NE Cannonball in the morning and PaTN in the afternoon. Rocket21 was joining me for PaTN, and we met at the Cannon Tramway parking area and carpooled over to Haystack Rd.
So, we had BobandGeri's map, and a GPS point on the summit of PatN, plus some fairly recent Summitpost remarks regarding skirting to the right of BnG's track to avoid spruce, a good bit of beta.
We headed onto the trail past the three big rocks. A side trip on a small woods road to the right leading to nowhere, and we were back on the larger trail. A few minutes later we were at the clear cut, and took a 210 magnetic as others have described, and worked our way through the raspberry prickers.
We were in fairly open woods, and then encountered spruce. We skirted to the right of it, heading nearly to the edge of the ridge, and then began working our way upwards again.
We came across this neat "cave"
And then this fun headwall, which I followed until it met the sky. At that point, we decided to go around to the left of it.
Then we found these awesome ledges, which we climbed. Note the "cuts" in the roots! Its an old trail and this area reminded me of some of the ADK herdpaths -- straight up the ledges with a few roots for handholds!! Yeehaw!
Happiness is finding a cannister!
We followed a herdpath to a quiet place, and found Ray Loring's memorial Plaque, where we shared a moment of silence and reflection
We followed the herdpath for a ways, then decided to drop off to the left. We had great views of the Haystack Slide for most of the ways, and walked down through open woods to a clearing with a nice view back.
We followed a skidder road, then a moose path, always heading towards the road, cut back a bit to the right through a clearcut filled with striped maple saplings, and popped out on the road, about 20 feet from the car.
We later discussed our approach with someone with a vast knowledge of "off the beaten path" approaches in the Whites, and he mentioned that we may have stumbled upon the "Double Trouble Nubble Trail" that was cut in the 80's and long since abandoned. Its not to be confused with the "illegal" trail heading over from North Twin, we were on the ravine side of the peak. Interesting!!! If anyone here has any knowledge of this old trail, I'd love to learn more about it.
GREAT day!!! I had a wonderful time bushwacking PaTn with Rocket21 and I am glad we chose to do some exploring! Thanks again for joining me!
NE Cannonball, New England Hundred Highest No. 94, Wednesday June 3
I hit the Lonesome Lake Trail at 10:45 on wednesday morning. It was a bright sunny day and the blue sky was filled with puffy white clouds. I had gotten a later start than I had planned, and felt a bit rushed as I was meeting Rocket21 at 2pm. I made it up to Lonesome Lake in about 30 minutes, and proceeded along the puncheons. I had never been on this side of the lake before, so I slowed down a bit to take in the views of the lake and enjoy the green surroundings.
This steep section of the Lonesome Lake Trail above the Lake was alot of fun
I really enjoyed the rock scrambles on the Kinsman Ridge Trail, on the final little pitch up to the summit
And the view of Franconia Ridge from the top was something special
Three hours round trip for NE Cannonball, a great peak to combine with another to create a full day of hiking.
That brings my little story to an end...a great four days of hiking, to some very wonderful places, shared with some truly kind people...it doesn't get much better than that for me. I feel truly blessed to have had this time to spend doing what I love best with those I care about the most.
And today, I rest! Look at my pictures, put away my gear, catch up on VfTT.
Just Chain of Ponds Snow and Goose Eye left to complete this list. Its been alot of fun and has brought me to some very unique places, in mind, body and spirit.
Happy Trails!
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