Fourfingers
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Loop hike up the Notch trail, down the Notch and up the Arm on the Mahoosuc Trail, May Cutoff, Speck Pond Trail, and a road walk back to the car.
All trails in perfect shape. Took Bill Dallmeyer through this favorite stretch - we both think Mahoosuc Arm is a tougher stretch than the notch, reputed to be the toughest mile on the AT. Some of this is certainly because we were carrying day packs, not the packs thru-hikers would schlep through here.
Five and a half hours for the loop hike. I think the whole range from Gorham to Grafton Notch is my favorite part of the AT in New England (Still have to do East of Long Falls Dam Rd).
Needed Equipment: bug dope / kercheif (for balding pate). Next time I do the notch, I'll bring telescoping poles that I can stash in the pack. My fixed length poles were an impediment in the Notch itself.
Fourfingers
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All trails in perfect shape. Took Bill Dallmeyer through this favorite stretch - we both think Mahoosuc Arm is a tougher stretch than the notch, reputed to be the toughest mile on the AT. Some of this is certainly because we were carrying day packs, not the packs thru-hikers would schlep through here.
Five and a half hours for the loop hike. I think the whole range from Gorham to Grafton Notch is my favorite part of the AT in New England (Still have to do East of Long Falls Dam Rd).
Needed Equipment: bug dope / kercheif (for balding pate). Next time I do the notch, I'll bring telescoping poles that I can stash in the pack. My fixed length poles were an impediment in the Notch itself.
Fourfingers
[email protected]
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