The Scribe
04-18-2016, 09:39
haha. Just kidding
My heart got ahead of my head this weekend. Between the pretty much non-existent winter we had in Maine this year, and going to the annual Maine Appalachian Trail Club meeting on the 9th, I got inspired and decided to hit the trail this past Saturday. Nice day hike from Long Falls Dam Road into West Carry Pond and back.
I wasn't surprised to see some snow but it was in small patches. But as I got higher on Roundtop there was more and more. But it was weird. The trail was often clear which got me thinking about the the title of this thread. I laughed about it until I started down the sheltered northeast side of Roundtop. Extended snowfield. And I could see West Carry was still completely iced in. A totally different world.
My original goal was to make it to Arnolds Point but seeing how much snow was along the shore, I knew "Snow Cove" would be impassible or at best not worth it. So I made it to the lean-to, had lunch and took a break. To avoid going up the snowfield on Roundup on the way back I took the Arnold Expedition Trail back to LFDR. I actually walked that trail to its end at Flagstaff Lake before road walking back to my vehicle. Thanks to the Arnold Expedition Historical Society for the work done there.
So, for a while anyway I had a good laugh thinking about trail maintainers clearing their sections. What a great day it was.
My heart got ahead of my head this weekend. Between the pretty much non-existent winter we had in Maine this year, and going to the annual Maine Appalachian Trail Club meeting on the 9th, I got inspired and decided to hit the trail this past Saturday. Nice day hike from Long Falls Dam Road into West Carry Pond and back.
I wasn't surprised to see some snow but it was in small patches. But as I got higher on Roundtop there was more and more. But it was weird. The trail was often clear which got me thinking about the the title of this thread. I laughed about it until I started down the sheltered northeast side of Roundtop. Extended snowfield. And I could see West Carry was still completely iced in. A totally different world.
My original goal was to make it to Arnolds Point but seeing how much snow was along the shore, I knew "Snow Cove" would be impassible or at best not worth it. So I made it to the lean-to, had lunch and took a break. To avoid going up the snowfield on Roundup on the way back I took the Arnold Expedition Trail back to LFDR. I actually walked that trail to its end at Flagstaff Lake before road walking back to my vehicle. Thanks to the Arnold Expedition Historical Society for the work done there.
So, for a while anyway I had a good laugh thinking about trail maintainers clearing their sections. What a great day it was.