Date(s) Hiked: 07-19-2008
Trails(s) Hiked: Wilmington trail from the Resevoir
Total Distance: approx 13 miles
Difficulty: moderate
Conditions: muddy, especailly on Esther Spur & on Wilmington Trail in Esther vicinity,
Special Required Equipment: none,
Trip Report: summit was socked in during the AM, when I got there at 12:00 hardly anyone up there or at the Castle, ate a hot lunch instead of a trail lunch. met only a coupel of hikers on the way up but several more on the way down. The clouds that socked in the summit lifted but then it started raining. There were a few ripe blueberries below Marble Mt. Esther spur is marked with a cairn & a sign
Trails(s) Hiked: Wilmington trail from the Resevoir
Total Distance: approx 13 miles
Difficulty: moderate
Conditions: muddy, especailly on Esther Spur & on Wilmington Trail in Esther vicinity,
Special Required Equipment: none,
Trip Report: summit was socked in during the AM, when I got there at 12:00 hardly anyone up there or at the Castle, ate a hot lunch instead of a trail lunch. met only a coupel of hikers on the way up but several more on the way down. The clouds that socked in the summit lifted but then it started raining. There were a few ripe blueberries below Marble Mt. Esther spur is marked with a cairn & a sign