Post by percy peaks on Jul 1, 2009 15:18:30 GMT -5
If all goes well, the Cohos Trail Association will soon begin work in earnest on two trails that we would very much like to open up during mid-summer.
The Camp Otter Trail has been given the go ahead. All that's needed is to get the 100 heavy plank boards and log rounds up to the wet ground above Coon Brook bridge so that that that span can be put in. Once that happens, it should not take too terribly long to bring that trail on line.
And, finally, after months of tracking down permissions from landowners, it looks like we may shortly have every one of the okays in hand so that work may begin on trail over Mt. Prospect (with its terrific views) from Bear Rock Campground and Mountain Bungalow (CT hut) several miles to Ramblewood Cabins and Campground.
These two trails will be heavy duty additions to the Cohos Trail, and are major keys to linking other proposed trails together to move hikers off Route 3 from Lake Francis up to Second Connecticut Lake Dam.
If additional permissions get finalized (very likely) over the next few months, pathways like the Mt. Covill Trail (more great views) and the Moose Alley Trail may see the light of day, as well. Even the Little Falls in the River Trail (step falls and flume) and the Round Pond Brook Trail has a chance.
Later in the summer, several other proposed routes will be GPS'ed. One would be the last link in the CT chain that would run from Second Connecticut Lake boat landing up to East Inlet Road. There could even be an alternative to that route that would put the trail on higher ground. New trail in this area would complete the entire system from southern Crawford Notch all the way to the international boundary.
Another is a proposed route that would, if approved for next year, allow us to move the Cohos Trail off the Nash Stream Road entirely and move from Percy Loop Campsite all the way to the upper reaches of Pond Brook Falls, a distance around Long Mountain that would be some 2.5 miles long.
And after all is said and done, there is the possibility of GPSing the route of the long abandoned Deer Mt. Trail to the summit of that peak that sits close to the border. The old route was a fire tower jeep trail over some of its length. I would not take to much effort to open it up, a year or two from now, although there would be a sizable need for water bars and water diversion.
percy peaks
The Camp Otter Trail has been given the go ahead. All that's needed is to get the 100 heavy plank boards and log rounds up to the wet ground above Coon Brook bridge so that that that span can be put in. Once that happens, it should not take too terribly long to bring that trail on line.
And, finally, after months of tracking down permissions from landowners, it looks like we may shortly have every one of the okays in hand so that work may begin on trail over Mt. Prospect (with its terrific views) from Bear Rock Campground and Mountain Bungalow (CT hut) several miles to Ramblewood Cabins and Campground.
These two trails will be heavy duty additions to the Cohos Trail, and are major keys to linking other proposed trails together to move hikers off Route 3 from Lake Francis up to Second Connecticut Lake Dam.
If additional permissions get finalized (very likely) over the next few months, pathways like the Mt. Covill Trail (more great views) and the Moose Alley Trail may see the light of day, as well. Even the Little Falls in the River Trail (step falls and flume) and the Round Pond Brook Trail has a chance.
Later in the summer, several other proposed routes will be GPS'ed. One would be the last link in the CT chain that would run from Second Connecticut Lake boat landing up to East Inlet Road. There could even be an alternative to that route that would put the trail on higher ground. New trail in this area would complete the entire system from southern Crawford Notch all the way to the international boundary.
Another is a proposed route that would, if approved for next year, allow us to move the Cohos Trail off the Nash Stream Road entirely and move from Percy Loop Campsite all the way to the upper reaches of Pond Brook Falls, a distance around Long Mountain that would be some 2.5 miles long.
And after all is said and done, there is the possibility of GPSing the route of the long abandoned Deer Mt. Trail to the summit of that peak that sits close to the border. The old route was a fire tower jeep trail over some of its length. I would not take to much effort to open it up, a year or two from now, although there would be a sizable need for water bars and water diversion.
percy peaks
