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Hike: Taconic Crest Trail

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The Taconic Crest Trail is the third Northeast Ultra 8 hike that I completed. It traverses a mountain range that makes up the northern half of the border between Massachusetts and New York and hits Vermont for a hot minute. Jeff, John, Michael and I got a Tentrr in Vermont for the night before and after, and hiked the trail on a perfect Saturday in May. The trail mostly cuts through mellow terrain in hardwood forest with the occasional vista and pond, but there are definitely a few climbs not to scoff at. We were alone for the most part but we started to see people around Berlin Mountain, and White Rocks with its Snow Hole seemed popular.

SET UP

  • Water stash at Petersburg Pass parking off Route 2 in Petersburg, NY
  • Car drop at Taconic Crest Trail parking off Route 346 in Petersburg, NY
  • Car drop with resupply at parking on Madden Road in Hancock, MA

ROUTE

  • Parked at Taconic Crest Trail parking off Route 20 in Hancock, MA
  • Hiked Taconic Crest Trail over Tower Mountain to Berry Pond Circuit Road
  • Left on Berry Pond Circuit Road to Taconic Crest Trail
  • Left on Taconic Crest Trail over Berry Hill to Potter Mountain Road
  • Left on Potter Mountain Road to Main Street
  • Right on Main Street to Madden Road
  • Left on Madden Road to resupply car and Taconic Crest Trail
  • Straight on Taconic Crest Trail over Misery Mountain and Berlin Mountain to water stash at Petersburg Pass
  • Straight on Taconic Crest Trail over White Rocks and Bald Mountain to Route 346 parking

PHOTOS

Sunrise on the trail
Trail
Trail blaze
Some pond
Berry Pond
Farmland
Berlin Mountain
Vista

VIDEO

STATS

Date: 15 May 2021
Distance: 36.5 miles
Moving Time: 12:01:54
Pace: 19:45/mile
Elevation Gain: 8921′

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Hike: 2020 Pemi Loop

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In early September, Jeff and I did a Pemi Loop. It was my 4th Pemi Loop, but I went because I rarely pass up the opportunity for this epic hike, and to fill out some of my September Grid. It was Jeff’s first 24-hour attempt of the loop, which is required for the Northeast Ultra 8 list. We parked the evening before and hiked up Eastside Trail and camped in the woods to get a nice early start on the hike (and we were unable to get a campsite in the area). It was a fabulous day full of hikers and runners doing the loop, many of which we saw multiple times and cheered each other on.

ROUTE

  • Parked Lincoln Woods Visitor Center on Kancamagus Highway, Lincoln, NH
  • Hiked Lincoln Woods Trail to intersection with Osseo Trail
  • Left on Osseo Trail to Mount Flume and Mount Liberty
  • Continue on Franconia Ridge Trail to Mount Lincoln, Mount Lafayette
  • Continue on Garfield Ridge Trail to Mount Garfield and Galehead Hut
  • Right on Frost Trail to Mount Galehead summit and back
  • Right on Twinway Trail to South Twin and to intersection with Bondcliff Trail
  • Continue on Bondcliff Trail to Mount Bond, Bondcliff, and down to Wilderness Trail
  • Right on Wilderness Trail to Lincoln Woods Trail
  • Continue on Lincoln Woods Trail back to parking

PHOTOS

STATS

Date: 05 September 2020
Distance: 29.6 miles
Moving Time: 12:48:29
Pace: 25:59/mile
Elevation Gain: 9273′

Contact Me

maine.wanderlust@gmail.com