The days are getting longer and the sun is higher and the smell of spring is in the air. The woods and hiking are calling out to us.
BUT it is mud season and the trails with frost still in the ground are particularly fragile. Hiking boots going through the mud on top of the frost do more damage to the trail than the hundreds of boots in the summer and fall. The mud tends to temp folks to hike to sides, widening the trail and damaging vegetation on the sides of trails.
WHAT IS A HIKER TO DO?
Find the low elevation trails that lose the frost early and dry out early.
Some suggestions in our area:
The lower mountain trails in Equinox Preservation Trust in Manchester Village – maps available at the kiosks at the trail heads or on line – for more information http://www.equinoxpreservationtrust.org/index.php
The West River Trail in South Londonderry and Jamaica – maps available on line http://www.equinoxpreservationtrust.org/index.php
Lye Brook Falls trail from Manchester to Lye Brook Falls – information available at the USFS Manchester Ranger Station or in the Green Mountain Club “The Walker’s Guide to Vermont”
Prospect Rock via the Rootville Rd in Manchester – information in the GMC “The Walker’s Guide to Vermont”
May 23, 2017 at 6:40 am
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June 4, 2017 at 4:43 am
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August 31, 2017 at 9:51 am
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September 12, 2017 at 11:22 am
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September 18, 2017 at 3:52 am
I usually buy hiking shoes/boots for every mud season hiking. The last one I bought was the Timberland White Ledge Boot. The pair comes with rubber sole and padded collar. See more waterproof shoes/boots here: http://hikingmastery.com/top-pick/best-trail-running-shoes.html
October 8, 2017 at 11:14 pm
Groton State Forest is a perfect mud season destination as it follows a class IV road and passes multiple glacial ponds and lakes as well as a view of Big Deer Mountain’s granite cliffs.