North & South Uncanoonuc

Today I did an out and back on South, then North Uncanoonuc to check off another on the NH Fire Tower list. I parked on Mountain Road and headed up Old Woods Road turning onto Link Trail. Probably could have used snowshoes, but just had spikes. There are a lot of old woods roads and trails in this area, so I got a bit turned around, but found my way to Summit Trail and over to the viewpoint just below the summit across the the North Peak. The true summit of South Uncanoonuc is a mess of radio towers, so I didn't linger but headed back down to the car. I stopped at my car and grabbed my snowshoes for this one. Crossed Mountain Road and headed up the Old Woods Road to Red Dot Trail. Moderate climb up with a slightly steeper pitch near the top. Met up with White Dot Trail and wandered around the large summit area checking out the view back over to South. I retraced my steps down Red Dot Trail, and had my first glissading experience opting to butt slide down the steeper section! Trail conditions weren't much better than on South. Mashed potatoes on the lower half with hard, crusty snow up top. 

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view from below the summit of South Uncanoonuc

South Uncanoonuc summit

looking over to North Uncanoonuc

on North Uncanoonuc

looking back over to South

summit of North heading back to Red Dot Trail

Course Marking Granite State Snowshoe Championship - Castle in the Clouds

 Today along with some friends I helped mark the course for the Granite State Snowshoe Championships coming up this weekend. We had a fun, yet challenging 6 mile hike starting on the Mt Roberts Trail, turning onto Settlement Trail. Cold Spring Trail to the Faraway Mountain Trail. Lower Bridle Path, Oak Ridge Trail, back onto Lower Bridle Path.. then back again onto Oak Ridge Trail. Finally out on Turtleback Mountain Trail. We encountered powder, crust, hills and more hills with a gorgeous view right at the end making it all worthwhile!

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