Laura and I headed to Weare today. Where? Yes, Weare.. in fact we had a giggle on our hike that the residents must be completely tired of people making that joke! We headed for Mt Wallingford on a straightforward out and back hike. The trailhead is a small parking area on Flanders Memorial Rd in Weare that could hold 3-4 cars if parked carefully. There was 1 truck there when we arrived and we ended up seeing 2 groups on our hike. The trail started through some taller grasses before dropping down near a pond and heading through some gorgeous open woods meandering just over a mile and a half to the summit. The first mile or so is relatively tame, the last half mile was really quite steep, but not technical in any way, just a solid cardio workout. There was a restricted clearing just below the summit, but we were in a low cloud today so had no views. A large cairn seemed to mark the end of the trail, even though it did continue unmarked heading down the other side. We weren't sure where that went, so didn't wander too far. We could see where the true summit appeared to be and due to the very open nature of the woods, we bushwhacked the short distance over and found a very small cairn and called that good. A very simple, but very pleasant wander in the woods.
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| trail head |
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| start of trail |
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| passing the pond |
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| end of official trail |
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| true summit |
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| "the view" |
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| another view of the pond |
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| fun on the trail |
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