tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279365566627462854.post4264464681963335993..comments2024-03-28T18:23:00.411-04:00Comments on Hiking in the White Mountains: Foliage Fun in the Pemi Wilderness: Mount Nancy and Mount CarrigainChris Daileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225481004115172981noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279365566627462854.post-11808328673061898722014-09-30T14:43:47.265-04:002014-09-30T14:43:47.265-04:00Next time I'm in that area of the mountains, I...Next time I'm in that area of the mountains, I'll have to go check out the path she cut up to Duck Mountain.. Thanks again for the info. Much Appreciated. :)Chris Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225481004115172981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279365566627462854.post-50314927753563239612014-09-30T14:42:36.635-04:002014-09-30T14:42:36.635-04:00Next time I'm in that area of the mountains, I...Next time I'm in that area of the mountains, I'll heave to head up the path she cut for Duck Pond. Thanks again for the info, much appreciated. :) Chris Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225481004115172981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279365566627462854.post-12903023823657907832014-09-30T13:11:04.656-04:002014-09-30T13:11:04.656-04:00Yeah, when I first hiked Nancy, I was expecting mo...Yeah, when I first hiked Nancy, I was expecting more of a bushwhack. The herd path is in better shape than some official trails! :)Ken MacGraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279365566627462854.post-20538364475787889812014-09-29T21:40:19.434-04:002014-09-29T21:40:19.434-04:00Probably a small group of one or two remove blowdo...Probably a small group of one or two remove blowdowns when needed and brush it back. Don't know who but it's very easy to follow, that is for sure. Reminds me of how the herd paths were cut in the ADK's, not legally but ended up becoming maintained unofficial trails. There's some trails in the GG and Pemi Wilderness that aren't as in good a shape of this unofficial trail!<br /><br />I just got a message on FB earlier from a friend who did it years ago..."That was easy to follow when I did it 30 years ago, now it might as well be a maintained trail!"<br /><br />Cool stuff!Chris Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225481004115172981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279365566627462854.post-5641902389642017262014-09-29T21:16:45.083-04:002014-09-29T21:16:45.083-04:00I wonder who maintains the 'unofficial' ab...I wonder who maintains the 'unofficial' abandoned trail now?M. Costanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279365566627462854.post-81329447820576479452014-09-29T21:02:35.272-04:002014-09-29T21:02:35.272-04:00Thanks, Ken. I had been told and read that it was...Thanks, Ken. I had been told and read that it was a trail but didn't know it was unofficial and the story behind it. <br /><br />Thanks, ChrisChris Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225481004115172981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279365566627462854.post-49457901508624058072014-09-29T19:30:25.400-04:002014-09-29T19:30:25.400-04:00"From here we banged a right into the woods u..."From here we banged a right into the woods up the old Mount Nancy Trail. I don't know when it was abandoned but it is still easy to follow and not too overgrown. It was probably abandoned to keep the number of hikers to a minimum because it is excessively steep and would be prone to erosion with use."<br /><br />That trail is not abandoned nor was it ever official, it was illegally cut by a local resident who also illegally cut/blazed the trail to Mt. Hope, and also to Duck Pond Mountain. She was a retired attorney in her 70s, and the USFS backed down from prosecuting her as they din't want to look like jerks for throwing an old lady in jail. She has since died. Ken MacGraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279365566627462854.post-34436838710288068542014-09-29T17:30:33.308-04:002014-09-29T17:30:33.308-04:00Gorgeous, gorgeous hike - looks like you had great...Gorgeous, gorgeous hike - looks like you had great weather, views and company. We did the loop over Carrigain with the Desolation Trail the previous weekend, and I posted a picture of my husband on the exact same stretch of Desolation Trail, on the same rock as Whitney - I immediately knew where you were when you took the photo. Very funny to see!Summersethttp://www.nh48.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com