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I Didn't make my destination, but I did have a tremendous 5.12-mile hike in the woods. One person had gone in ahead after the last storm. Since then, everything softened and froze making for not-so-pleasant snowshoeing.

The start of the trail crosses a small footbridge before hiking along a very easy-to-follow and well-developed trail. The trail is primarily flat to the Hurricane Mountain Trail junction that veers to the right just over a mile from the start. There is a nice lean-to located in…

We started at the Science Center at 6 am. It was still dark, so we used our headlamps; it was a nice and cool morning, at about 47 degrees. We got to the first lookout (Marble mt?) just before the junction from the trail coming up from the Wilmington reservoir in time for the sunrise.

I opted for this route and mountains because I was getting back into hiking after being operated on in April. I had two vertebrae in my neck fused due to a disc impingement on my spinal cord. The Doctor cleared me…

We had previously hiked this on April 8, 2004. It was a lovely warm spring day, but snow and ice were still on the ground. It was Mark, Justin, Derek, and myself. The trail is relatively easy and meanders upward, with not much for views for a while. There is a lovely waterfall that looks stunning when it is frozen. There were a few steeper sections just before the junction, with the trail to Wright Peak and the trail that continues to Algonquin and beyond.

There are remnants of a plane wreck on…