October 30, 2009 at 14:16
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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.
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October 11, 2009 at 16:09
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AT in a Day
October 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,
Becca Vogel ’11
DOC President
Max Friedman ’10
DOC Centennial Coordinator
Matthew Dahlhausen ’11, Emily Unger ’11, and Athena Aicher ’11
“AT in a Day” Coordinators
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October 3, 2009 at 14:18
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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
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