woodland wanderings: Mount Tremont

Finally a beautiful day for a hike, no rain today! Phew!

The trailhead was a little tricky to find. There is a small sign that's difficult to see from the road and of course I missed it: twice.

I stopped to ask for directions and drove into a large lot that looked like a small logging operation. The first thing I see is a car on top of a tower of logs. I knocked on all of the doors of the building. I was no longer interested in directions, now I wanted to know why there was a car on top of a log tower J. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to meet the interesting characters that own this place.

The trailhead is located in Harts Location on the south side of Rt 302 a ½ mile west of Sawyer Rock Picnic area. If you see the sign the “Entering Bartlett” you’ve gone too far!

The Tremont trail is beautiful. It follows along Stony Brook for a while; the water is crystal clear with an emerald green hue and many minor cascades. Around the 1.5 mile point the switchbacks start. I enjoy scrambles and bouldering. Switchbacks are an endless, monotonous, butt-kicking, trail to a lobotomy. Give me loose shale and scrambles any day, at least they keep my mind alive ;).

American Bald Eagle

I was so happy when I finally reached the summit. The summit was definitely worth the mind-numbing switchbacks. I invited a yogini friend and of course we had to have some yoga play on the summit. We basked in the warm sun, watched a bald eagle soar above us, and we were very reluctant to head back down.

I’m going to miss summer.

37 down 15 52-WAVs to go.

Angel wings - oyster mushroom look-a-like. Edibility uncertain. Many eat it, however there has been 2 deaths associated with them. Best not to eat them.