Escoheag Trail, Ben Utter Trail, Stepstone Falls

| March 26, 2012

Escoheag Trail, Ben Utter Trail, Stepstone Falls

★★★★★  6 miles fantastic walk. varied terrain, a beautiful river, the falls… everything was great today. spring is definitely coming to the woods, too, even if it wasn’t as unseasonably warm today as it was last weekend. i saw tons of red maple in bloom, and even a little stand of coltsfoot by the falls. […]

Beach Pond/Tippecansett Trail

| March 21, 2012

Beach Pond/Tippecansett Trail

★★★★  4.85 miles another wednesday hike with my master gardener friends. pretty varied terrain, but minimal climby. prolly 60:40 hikey:walkey. some old woods roads, some beautiful woodland trails through old hemlock and young white pine woods.   there will be no posting for a few days, as i am off now to florida to watch […]

Arcadia, Breakheart & Shelter Trails, #2

| March 17, 2012

Arcadia, Breakheart & Shelter Trails, #2

★★★★  3.86 miles decided to revisit these trails, but took some different routes, which was fun. took unblazed old farm and woods roads, some of which were in great condition, and some of which were a mess. nice mix of hikey:walkey, 50:50. tough climb up breakheart hill, but not killer.  

Arcadia, Breakheart/Shelter Trails

| March 14, 2012

Arcadia, Breakheart/Shelter Trails

★★★★★  6.61 miles did this hike with some friends. amazing trip; we saw wildlife (fisher cat and frogs), and the weather was glorious for mid-march. 75:25 hikey:walkey, some moderate climby, but not much. it’s nice to have a trail guide!      

Arcadia, Mount Tom Trail

| March 11, 2012

Arcadia, Mount Tom Trail

★★★★½  6.59 miles this was a very good hike for me, in that it was some (for me) serious mileage, but not too strenuous. probably 30:70 hikey:walkey, with some intense climby thrown in in the middle. arcadia was full of folks today, taking advantage of the gorgeous weather. there were some great views, and some […]

Arcadia Management Area, Hemlock Ledges

| March 6, 2012

Arcadia Management Area, Hemlock Ledges

★★★   3.76 miles very different from my usual hikes in that it was very rugged, a lot of climbing. so 99:1, hikey: walkey, lotta climby. the scenery was very pretty, especially the view from the top of lookout rock. a lot of the hemlocks in the title have succumbed, or are in the process […]