MtnMagic
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Date Hiked: June 5, 2004
Trails Hiked: Pine Bend Brook and Sabbaday Falls.
Total Distance: 10 miles.
Difficulty: Moderate.
Conditions: Superb!
Special Required Equipment: Trekking poles extremely useful!
Trip Report:
Sky, Ghostdog and this writer arrived at the very small parking area of Pine Bend Trail where we met SilentCal and Grace to redline an alternate route to the summits. Grace, SilentCal and I are members of the 4000 Footer Club of the White Mountains and have previously climbed all three peaks by the classic loop via up North Slide and down South Slide. Grace informed us that her back was hurting too much to hike and that just SilentCal would be hiking.
Grace, Ghostdog and I talked while Sky and SilentCal left a car at the Sabbaday Falls parking lot. The Sandwich Range mountains were almost cloudless with no haze, the bugs non-existent as the sun rapidly warmed the morning. We bid Grace farewell and started on the Pine Bend Brook trail.
Never having hiked this trail we found it to be delightful and only found a steep section for about a half mile before passing the Scaur Ridge trail. What a far cry from the finger and toe holds needed to climb the very steep slabs of the North Slide Trail.
Our hike was for Sky to bag two of the 48 official 4000 foot peaks on the A.M.C. list. The North Tripyramid (4180') and Middle Tripyramid (4140') summits were a little buggy yet has great views to the West where we ate, enjoyed good fellowship and the serenity of the mountains.
These are both enjoyable trails with lots of features to see other than just trees. The Sabbaday Trail has a fun section of very steep slabs near the top where trekking poles were most useful. Rock hopping over the easy brook crossings, I wished I counted how many there actually were. We stopped to view the magnificent Sabbaday waterfalls and its 50' high mossy Flume.
In New Hampshire, this makes the 29th peak over 4000 feet for Sky and the 43rd for Ghostdog. The elevation gain was 3200 feet during this 8 hour fascinating 10 mile hike in Sandwich Range Wilderness. Perfect were the 70 degree temperature, a refreshing breeze, and the pleasant companionship. The journey can be better than the destination and on this adventure it certainly was!
Trails Hiked: Pine Bend Brook and Sabbaday Falls.
Total Distance: 10 miles.
Difficulty: Moderate.
Conditions: Superb!
Special Required Equipment: Trekking poles extremely useful!
Trip Report:
Sky, Ghostdog and this writer arrived at the very small parking area of Pine Bend Trail where we met SilentCal and Grace to redline an alternate route to the summits. Grace, SilentCal and I are members of the 4000 Footer Club of the White Mountains and have previously climbed all three peaks by the classic loop via up North Slide and down South Slide. Grace informed us that her back was hurting too much to hike and that just SilentCal would be hiking.
Grace, Ghostdog and I talked while Sky and SilentCal left a car at the Sabbaday Falls parking lot. The Sandwich Range mountains were almost cloudless with no haze, the bugs non-existent as the sun rapidly warmed the morning. We bid Grace farewell and started on the Pine Bend Brook trail.
Never having hiked this trail we found it to be delightful and only found a steep section for about a half mile before passing the Scaur Ridge trail. What a far cry from the finger and toe holds needed to climb the very steep slabs of the North Slide Trail.
Our hike was for Sky to bag two of the 48 official 4000 foot peaks on the A.M.C. list. The North Tripyramid (4180') and Middle Tripyramid (4140') summits were a little buggy yet has great views to the West where we ate, enjoyed good fellowship and the serenity of the mountains.
These are both enjoyable trails with lots of features to see other than just trees. The Sabbaday Trail has a fun section of very steep slabs near the top where trekking poles were most useful. Rock hopping over the easy brook crossings, I wished I counted how many there actually were. We stopped to view the magnificent Sabbaday waterfalls and its 50' high mossy Flume.
In New Hampshire, this makes the 29th peak over 4000 feet for Sky and the 43rd for Ghostdog. The elevation gain was 3200 feet during this 8 hour fascinating 10 mile hike in Sandwich Range Wilderness. Perfect were the 70 degree temperature, a refreshing breeze, and the pleasant companionship. The journey can be better than the destination and on this adventure it certainly was!
