You can also get to the to the top of Castlerock from ME with minimal effort.
Huh?
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You can also get to the to the top of Castlerock from ME with minimal effort.
I thought slidebrook was "off limits" except for the tours SB runs? Feel free to answer in PM as opposed to the open forum.
I was looking at this on google earth actually. Looks like the Long trail runs the ridge from ME to CR and is more or less down hill.
This plus Slide brook access is making the ME pass start to look better and better.
while your looking at google earth, check out the area north of the Exterminator trail which is great woods skiing. there is some crazy stuff in there off the ridge line and extending well beyond the on map portions.
Huh?
Is this "huh" because you disagree it takes minimal effort?
The ridge between ME and CR looks to be about a little more than a mile. Not bad really but maybe there is something I don't know about up there?
Man thats nothing. Sounds like its maybe a bit more bushwacking than "hey lets head right over there" kinda thing, but who says thats a bad thing?
I do probably twice that with every Four Pines lap.
I do probably twice that with every Four Pines lap.
Huh?
Do you mean Four Pines @ J-Hole? Bushwhacking out there is easier in my opinion.
I'm sure SB is tight lipped about it because they don't want people going in and getting over their head. But the access is open. Just don't expect a map or a rescue.I thought slidebrook was "off limits" except for the tours SB runs? Feel free to answer in PM as opposed to the open forum.
I was totally eyeballing that zone this morning! Looks like a lot of potential and easy connecting back into the resort via Northway or Brambles.
Decent cliffs or drops back there?
Thanks for pointing this out and confirming my hopes about that area. =)
Is this "huh" because you disagree it takes minimal effort?
The ridge between ME and CR looks to be about a little more than a mile. Not bad really but maybe there is something I don't know about up there?
Man thats nothing. Sounds like its maybe a bit more bushwacking than "hey lets head right over there" kinda thing, but who says thats a bad thing?
I do probably twice that with every Four Pines lap.
Not sure if the "Huh" is disagreement or you just never bothered going all the way across. But, before the Slide Brook chair went in the shuttle busses heading south used to be a bit crowded at the end of the day. So rather than risk having to wait a bus or two we would shoot across the ridge. The Long Trail was almost always already packed down, and the couple climbs in my opinion were quick and easy. To me it was not only minimal effort, it was also a time saver and bonus Castlerock.
Huck It, you are looking at the wrong side of the ridge if you think Stowe pass would be great for Teardrop/Underhill. That entire ridge dropping back into the resort is unique and unrivaled in the east for hiking from a resort.
Exactly. Its doable but i wouldnt describe it as "minimal" effort. Maybe its just me.
You got a problem with Cochrans big boy?Cochran's? Seriously?