GARNET LAKE paddling, camping, hiking & skiing.
Sep 21-Sep 23 (Tue-Thu), 2021 - Set up camp then went for a counterclockwise 4.5-mile paddle with a 2.5-mile side-hike to LIZARD POND lean-to which looked in great shape (it just so happens that Bill McKibben is the lean-to adopter) - saw one loon. The pond has a great echo. Saw a few paddlers on GARNET LAKE, 1 small moboat, several loons, mergansers, mallards, gb heron. Day 2 - Paddled around the lake clockwise in the morning & saw 2 otters, then went for a 5-mile hike to Round Pond, fairly flat at first but then the trail gains 700' before dropping to the pond. Day 3 - packed up & headed home. Fairly peaceful overall, fall foliage ~10% with some bright & some muted. May 9, 2019 - GARNET LAKE. Great loonacy! Saw a group of 6 loons that all took off - suspect they were on their way to Canada. Regardless, the resident loons were often in sight or sound. Also mergansers, osprey. buffleheads, C geese, mallards, yellow-bellied sa...