Northeast Wild

Oct 5-7, 2018 LITTLE POND camping. Jul 29, 2018 - LITTLE POND & PORCUPINE LOOKOUT hike, Woodford VT. Green Mountain NF. More often a ski trip for me but it's good to see what everything looks like in other seasons. From Rt. 9, gravel road past some houses up to power line - good view E to Mts Snow & Haystack. Old dirt road, FR 275, with lots of mud puddles. Entered the Glastenbury Wilderness at 2.3 miles - more like a regular trail now. Little Pond (2,602') is cute, saw some ducks (mergansers?). There is a good campsite among sugar maples at the end of the trail. Backtrack a bit then W on connector trail (new sign) to the AT/LT then (at another new sign) L or S to Porcupine Lookout (2,800') - nice view of Haystack + the newly expanded Searsburg Wind Farm (11 turbines, almost 200' tall, were built on Mt. Waldo in 1997, more in the past year, some across the road) - no other signs of civilization. Back on the old dirt road. Wood thrush song,

  Jul 30, 2018 -  Hoosac Range.  Green Mountain NF.  Bottom of the old ski area on Rtes. 8/100 (1,905') was under water so I drove up Rue Madeline 0.2 miles & parked on the shoulder (2,000').  Hiked up on the "legal trail", a snowmobile/ATV trail - dry at first but got more stream-like further up.  At 1.3 miles took a L.  At 1.9 miles took a spur R to a good lookout E (2,700') - thought I could see Mt. Olga, Hogback & NH?  Reached clearing at top of old ski area at 2.5 miles (2,469').  View of Houghton Mtn (3,095') to the W, Glastenbury Mtn to the N; in between were Prospect Mtn (2,767') & the hills of the Aiken Wilderness.  Down on Dyke & Meadows Extension.  3.7 miles, 2.5 hours.  Some of the pics match the winter locations below.         Apr 19, 2015 - DUTCH HILL & HOOSAC RANGE skiing. Green Mountain NF. Good skiing on 0-15" corn, some wet spots. Started at ~2,200' on Rue Madeline in Heartwellvill