Northeast Wild

  Jan 2, 2017 - AIKEN WILDERNESS ski, southern Green Mtn NF .  Woodford State Park .  Across Adams Reservoir .  Path behind campsite 64 down to & across 3 beaver meadows/ponds.  No official signs or trail markers in the wilderness.  L on Old Dewey Road to Tin Can Junction - 2 moose passed thru here very recently judging by the fresh tracks.  Bushwhack W to Beaver Meadows , headwaters of the W Br Deerfield River .  Downstream thru beaver ponds - some thin ice.  Bushwhack W into the woods to trail to W edge of the wilderness area.  Excellent skiing on close to 2' of snow.  Elevation 2,300'-2,500'.  8.7 miles, 6 hours. Oct 10, 2016 - AIKEN WILDERNESS hike, from Woodford State Park, VT.  Took the Reservoir Loop Trail on W side of Adams Reservoir.  S of the reservoir took a R on unmarked rocky path at a 4-way intersection.  Soon at a beaver meadow.  Followed its edge, crossed stream in the woods to a small...

Oct 31, 2018 - From parking area on Dunville Hollow/Notch Rd (1,470' el.).  Green Mountain National Forest.  Walked up the road & took a R immediately after crossing the bridge over Stamford Stream which meets City Stream just downstream of the bridge.  Continued to the R of fence & house, looking like someone's backyard but soon see the continuation of unmarked Forest Road 75, a not-too-old woods road in this section.  Beech trees like to hold onto their leaves but it seemed even more-so this season showing some bright yellow-green & shades of gold.  Stamford Stream is never too far and is constant rapids & cascades - very scenic.  Gentle uphill grade.  After about a half mile the old road is washed out but it was not too hard to get past, just a little muddy & wet (the road is officially closed).  After ~1 mile crossed the stream which is at the bottom of the Dunville Downhill (see below).  ~2 miles, passed 3 houses, eac...

From FR 71/Somerset Rd - a good gravel road.  FR 325 is more 4WD/snowmobile trail but good for biking.  11 mies.     

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, ...