Dear SRK Greenway blog users,
The SRKGC Board of Directors has concluded that this blog is not serving its members as it was intended. Thus, we regretfully announce that the Trog will end its web presence as soon as possible.
For future announcements and news from the SRK Greenway, please visit our website at srkg.com. Thanks.
HIKERS TAKE CARE ON TRAIL 5 OF SRK GREENWAY
| SRKGC has been informed by the NH Forest and Lands folks that hikers & other users of Gile State Forest should take care during winter 2010 and stay clear of logging activity.
The bulldozer plowed the road into the landing late December and other equipment is now operating. NH Lands Bureau does not know how long the sale will run but anticipate that it will be active throughout the winter unless unforeseen weather events happen that delay or temporarily stop the operation. This does not mean that public use cannot take place. Gile State Forest is a public property and is open for all to enjoy. It just means there may be a truck traveling that stretch of road 2 or 3 times during the day. The only restriction is that we keep the public out of the active sale area for safety’s sake (where the trees are being cut and skidded). |
| Beaver engineers have been productive in diverting water onto the SRK Greenway at Devil’s Half Acre Pond at the head of Great Brook in a corner of Wilmot and Gile State Forest near the New London town line. The location is about 2.3 miles north of Pleasant Lake on the SRK Greenway/Great Brook Trail and about 1.2 mile southeast of the SRKG junction with Morgan Pond Road. The pond is in Gile SF at the point where the trail leaves New London town land. Hikers approaching the pond on the SRK Greenway will find water diverting down a short section of bouldery trail for about 100 ft before rejoining the main stream at the headwaters of Great Brook. The danger is that snowshoes may “post hole” through the snow/ice into the small new stream. We intend in Spring or Summer 2010 to reroute this short section in the woods adjacent to Great Brook. Meanwhile, find your way around carefully. |
SRKGC has been informed by the NH Forest and Lands folks that hikers & other users of Gile State Forest should take care during winter 2010 and stay clear of logging activity.
The bulldozer plowed the road into the landing late December and other equipment is now operating. NH Lands Bureau does not know how long the sale will run but anticipate that it will be active throughout the winter unless unforeseen weather events happen that delay or temporarily stop the operation.
This does not mean that public use cannot take place. Gile State Forest is a public property and is open for all to enjoy. It just means there may be a truck traveling that stretch of road 2 or 3 times during the day. The only restriction is that we keep the public out of the active sale area for safety’s sake (where the trees are being cut and skidded).
The SRKGC winter hike calendar is now online at srkg.com. We hope you will join us!
| Rem Mastin of Sunapee has been steadily improving the blazing along Trail #2 from Webb Forest to Sunapee Upper Village and the Town Offices.
The essence of his current advice: the trail is passable, but hikers in a hurry or casual hikers expecting a clear trail will have problems of two types: * logging in the Webb Forest and * very wet conditions south of Stage Coach Road due to a necessary reroute to a wetter location at the request of a landowner building a residence. Rem’s note follows: Thanks for your note. The logging operation at the north side of Webb Forest, below Hells Corner Road, is a continuation of what you and I saw the day we were there. They are still logging so I did not do much of anything until they finish up. That property will always have some logging going on yearly basis or skip a year here and there. That has, for years, been their practice. The section N of Hells Corner Rd, starting with the Red Water Creek Preserve, is interesting and much better (if frozen) for winter snowshoes than wet hiking. Last fall I did do some blazing work, I thought sufficiently enough. The trails that are on Dexter’s Inn property have actually been improved due to the advent of the newer XC ski trails running over SRKG trail in some areas. Beyond that, as you know, there are some and ups and downs and very wet areas. I must say I have done that section, Hells Corner to Stagecoach on XC skis a few times in the past. Maybe that would be a good place to get some group trail maintenance work done. Gerry Gold, Trailmaster |
CHANGE for SRK Greenway Trail #1 (Newbury to Goshen via Mt. Sunapee summit and State Park).
ERROR in text: The SRKGC Trail Guide for Trail #1 now notes reaching the “Stove Pipe Ski Trail” with the ascent straight up to the summit.
BUT the name of that eastern-most ski trail is now “Upper Williamson” ski trail and we should follow it only c. 70 yds to a left turn onto “Porky’s” ski trail, following Pork’s ski trail steeply uphill to the back side of the ski patrol hut. This keeps hikers and snowshoers always to the southerly (left if heading up hill/right on the downhill) edge of ski trails.
The change is being done for safety of hikers & skiers in winter. It is an improvement for hikers in all seasons coming downhill from the Summit toward Newbury/Solitude because Porky’s provides a great view north to Lake Sunapee and Mt. Washington. The new signs to be prepared and installed by Mt Sunapee Resort next Spring will point hikers down Porky’s and future Greenway blazing should also reflect this change.
SUMMARY for Tr#1 from Newbury to Goshen: Heading uphill and west from Newbury Harbor, from Lakeview Avenue use the Newbury Trail to junction with Rim Trail to junction with the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway (at Jack&June Jctn) above Lake Solitude and then Solitude Trail to the junction with Williamson and Porky’s ski trails to the ski summit lodge. From ski summit downhill to Old Province Rd use the Summit and Province Trails. In winter use the Summit Tr to the base lodge as an alternate route if hikers lack permission from the Goshen Road Agent to park at the trailhead plow turn-around on Old Province Road.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~doc/centennial/athike/AT in a DayOctober 10th 2009 The club will sponsor the first-ever single-day AT Hike by a college or trail maintainer club. The trail will be divided up into sections, which will be hiked by individual parties along the length of the trail and alumni and students throughout the eastern seaboard. Some parties will be in the middle of 4-5 day backpacks on the day, but this is a great way to get people outside, and to get people involved who can’t travel to Dartmouth. Each party will have a banner to photograph so that a digital photo essay can be created. No outing club has ever hiked the entire AT in a day! Starting April 10th, 2009, a web application for AT in a Day will become available, linked from the DOC centennial website. This web application will show a full AT map, with various markers on the trail. Hikers can sign-up for a section, get information on that part of trail, leave contact information and write comments. We will be contacting alumni groups along the AT to claim, divide and hike a large section of trail in their area. If you’d like to be the representative for you local Alumni group, please email atinaday@dartmouth.edu. Please note that many students will be on campus next fall and are able to hike much of the 75 miles of trail that the DOC maintains. For the very experienced hikers, we have a project for you. The 100 mile wilderness in Maine doesn’t have road access, so we will need hikers to hike several days in order to hike that section. If you are interested in an extended trip, or are an intrepid ultrarunner, please email atinaday@dartmouth.edu. For those unable to hike, we can still use your help! Volunteers will be needed to shuttle hikers from their destination back to their vehicles. You can also help by offering to host hikers from out of town. We are looking for someone to create a photo album or similar documentation to commemorate the event. If you can help out, either make a comment on a section of trail, or email atinaday@dartmouth.edu. We are still working out many of the details, and will post them on this website when finalize them. Thank you, and spread the word! Sincerely, Max Friedman ’10 Matthew Dahlhausen ’11, Emily Unger ’11, and Athena Aicher ’11 |
Hi, folks…
Due to weather difficulties and a schedule conflict, the hike set for today (Oct. 3) will be conducted next weekend, Sunday, Oct. 11. Please tell as many folks as you can, as we will be unable to publicize this in time.
Frank
TO: SRKGC Board
FROM: Gerry
RE: Newbury Town Offices Sept 15th, Tuesday 9:30 AM, Mt Sunapee Advisory Committee Meeting
FYI this morning meeting chaired by DRED Commissioner George Bald will review the Resort’s proposed Master Development Plan and the accumulated public comments received during the past 2 months.
I’ll be attending to follow up on my July letter asking for two modest improvements in the MDP:
REQUESTED REMEDIES:
SIGNAGE: I am writing to request that the Master Development Plan for 2009-2014 include language asking the leaseholder, Mount Sunapee Resort, to be responsible for installing four trail signs: 1) at the base parking area (trailhead for the Summit Trail), positioned between the NEHSA and Learning Center buildings; 2) on the peak at the Summit lodge stairs (pointing to the Summit Trail); 3) at the Ski Patrol hut (pointing to the Solitude Trail); and 4) at the base of the Rim Trail (Williamson ski base), indicating the trailhead.
TRAIL MAP: Also, I am requesting that the MDP include the task of updating and making available to the public maps of Mt Sunapee State Park to clearly show all 9 hiking trails within the park. These are: Summit Trail, Solitude Trail; Monadnock-Sunapee Trail, Newbury Trail; Andrew Brook Trail, Rim Trail, Province Trail, Goshen Trail, and the SRK Greenway, which uses the Newbury, Solitude, Summit and Province Trails on its way from Newbury harbor to Goshen’s Old Province Road. Very good examples are trail maps for Pillsbury SP available on line and for Rollins and Winslow SPs available on paper at Park entrances.