On 13-March-2013, I drove a short distance down Base
Station Road to take a quick peek at the Ammonoosuc River and the spot referred
to as Upper Ammonoosuc Falls, or simply Upper Falls. It's not really a hike. You just park at a wide spot in the road and
walk a short distance to the viewing area.
Following that short foray, I drove to the winter parking
lot used to for hikers who want to hike various trails off the Zealand Road
which is closed to vehicular traffic in winter months. From the parking lot, I walked about 1.2 miles
to the point where the Corridor 11 snowmobile trail intersects Zealand Road
(about 75 ft north of the trailhead for the Sugarloaf Trail). I then walked eastward on the snowmobile
trail for about 0.1 mile and then turned right (southward) at the signed
junction for the trail to Wildlife Pond.
The trail to the shoreline of the pond is only about 0.1 mile long. It often has some wet/boggy spots to negotiate.
The composite photo shown below will serve to encapsulate
the sights that I saw on this day in late winter of 2013 (click to enlarge).
The map shown below has two
pink dots which serve to indicate the general area where the above photos were taken
(click to enlarge).
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Wow John, I love these photos from this late-winter hike!
ReplyDeleteThe reflection of winter woods in the water drop is superb.
I know you wrote about your camera in a previous post but... what type of camera is it again? I think I might have to buy one for myself!
Sounds like this was a great little mid-week trek.
Rita . . . thank you ever so much for your kind words about my little mid-week trek! I really enjoy getting out for a few hours to do something like this, and then have the rest of the day free to do other things.
DeleteRegarding my camera, it is a Casio (Model EX-H5). It has been discontinued. I might have bought the last new one a few months ago! Since I’m so happy with this little “Point and Shoot”, I decided to buy a spare since the price is only $97. However, when searching the Internet, I found only one retailer who had one new camera left in stock. And so, I bought it!
Obviously, there are better cameras that take better photos. However, this particular camera is a good match for my type of hiking. I like a camera that is small enough to fit in my pocket, and that I can whip out and shoot a scene without fussing with settings, changing lenses, etc, etc.
John