Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Sweet Success
The circumnavigation of Success Pond is another great ride. Our starting point will be at the Goose Eye Trailhead on Success Pond Road which starts on the east side of Berlin. The first part of the ride is on Success Pond Road which is dirt and mostly flat with occasional brief minor hills. The best part of the road is that it is surprisingly open which will give us panoramic views.
Next we'll pedal into Success Pond for an exploration around the east side of the pond. Then we’ll go left on Black Strap Road and take the second trail to the left after crossing the brook. There is a sign here that prohibits ATVs. We’ll follow this trail back towards the pond. As we head back to Success Pond Road we will encounter one long uphill that's quite a workout. It is however quite walkable.
Let’s meet at the old Jackson Town Hall at 9:30am. We’ll then drive to Berlin on route 16 and cross over to the east side of The Androscoggin on the Unity Street Bridge which diverges to the right a little bit before downtown Berlin. Continue north on Hutchins Street towards the site of the old paper mill which you will pass on the left. As I recall Success Pond Road will be on the right just after the Berlin Dumpsite.
In all we’ll cover about 18 miles on dirt roads and snow mobile trails. Expect the unexpected: wet areas, mud, moose, etc. The plan is to start the bike ride at 10:30 at the Goose Eye Trailhead on Success Pond Road. Don’t forget your lunch.
Please let me know if you plan to ride with us on Tuesday.
Next we'll pedal into Success Pond for an exploration around the east side of the pond. Then we’ll go left on Black Strap Road and take the second trail to the left after crossing the brook. There is a sign here that prohibits ATVs. We’ll follow this trail back towards the pond. As we head back to Success Pond Road we will encounter one long uphill that's quite a workout. It is however quite walkable.
Let’s meet at the old Jackson Town Hall at 9:30am. We’ll then drive to Berlin on route 16 and cross over to the east side of The Androscoggin on the Unity Street Bridge which diverges to the right a little bit before downtown Berlin. Continue north on Hutchins Street towards the site of the old paper mill which you will pass on the left. As I recall Success Pond Road will be on the right just after the Berlin Dumpsite.
In all we’ll cover about 18 miles on dirt roads and snow mobile trails. Expect the unexpected: wet areas, mud, moose, etc. The plan is to start the bike ride at 10:30 at the Goose Eye Trailhead on Success Pond Road. Don’t forget your lunch.
Please let me know if you plan to ride with us on Tuesday.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Harmon Notch
It's time to try out the newly extended rail trail in Fryeburg and have a really pretty ride through a notch that most of us
have never heard of. Harmon Notch is located between Peary Mountain and Frost
Mountain. The best part is that it’s only a 175’ elevation gain.
The starting point for this ride is at The Maine Information Center on route 302 in Fryeburg. We’ll head east on the rail trail to Porter Road and then ride south to Farnsworth. Soon after we’ll hop onto a jeep track that crosses the Little Saco and then head to Haleytown Road.
At Hampshire Road we’ll go left and head in the direction of a dirt road called Peary Mountain Road which morphs into Harmon Notch Road. After the last house this road gets narrower and towards the notch area there is about a mile of jeep track that could benefit from better drainage, fewer rocks and some smoothing out. Don’t let this “spook” you it’s no harder than other rides we’ve done and you can always dab and walk. After going through the notch the trail heads downward to a different section of Farnsworth Road and then we will head west. Then we’ll head north on Porter Road and take a right onto Clay Pond Road toward the airport and just beyond we'll connect to the new section of the Mountain Division Rail Trail in Fryeburg and head back to our starting point. In all we'll cover about 18 miles and get a really good workout.
Carpooling – Meet at the scenic overlook in North Conway at 9:30am. We’ll start the ride at 10am from the Maine info center. Don’t forget to bring a lunch.
Please let me know if you expect to do this ride. Several of our regulars are away and it could be cancelled due to lack of participation.
The starting point for this ride is at The Maine Information Center on route 302 in Fryeburg. We’ll head east on the rail trail to Porter Road and then ride south to Farnsworth. Soon after we’ll hop onto a jeep track that crosses the Little Saco and then head to Haleytown Road.
At Hampshire Road we’ll go left and head in the direction of a dirt road called Peary Mountain Road which morphs into Harmon Notch Road. After the last house this road gets narrower and towards the notch area there is about a mile of jeep track that could benefit from better drainage, fewer rocks and some smoothing out. Don’t let this “spook” you it’s no harder than other rides we’ve done and you can always dab and walk. After going through the notch the trail heads downward to a different section of Farnsworth Road and then we will head west. Then we’ll head north on Porter Road and take a right onto Clay Pond Road toward the airport and just beyond we'll connect to the new section of the Mountain Division Rail Trail in Fryeburg and head back to our starting point. In all we'll cover about 18 miles and get a really good workout.
Carpooling – Meet at the scenic overlook in North Conway at 9:30am. We’ll start the ride at 10am from the Maine info center. Don’t forget to bring a lunch.
Please let me know if you expect to do this ride. Several of our regulars are away and it could be cancelled due to lack of participation.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Stone House Loops in Evans Notch
This is Bob's favorite ride and with good reason . Every year the foliage is magnificent and the scenery is spectacular. We will have Evans Notch pretty much to ourselves with hardly any traffic.
This route first loops around Deer Hill on; route 113, Stone House Road, Shell Pond Trail, a bit of Shell Pond Loop Trail and Deer Hill Road. Most of the loop will be on dirt roads or trails. There will be one trail segment that is a bit rough but doable (and quite walkable for those who choose to) especially where we will link up to Deer Hill Road from the Shell Pond area. Then we'll make another loop as we head up to the Bricket Place and on to The Basin for a lunch amid the eye popping scenery. And then it's back to our cars via route 113.
We’ll start the ride at the Forest Service parking lot which is about .10 mi north of the AMC Cold River Camp entrances on the right side of route 113. Meet for car pooling at the Scenic Vista parking lot in North Conway, at 9:00. We should be ready to start the ride at about 10:00am. If you plan to drive right to the trail head please let me know. Thanks
This route first loops around Deer Hill on; route 113, Stone House Road, Shell Pond Trail, a bit of Shell Pond Loop Trail and Deer Hill Road. Most of the loop will be on dirt roads or trails. There will be one trail segment that is a bit rough but doable (and quite walkable for those who choose to) especially where we will link up to Deer Hill Road from the Shell Pond area. Then we'll make another loop as we head up to the Bricket Place and on to The Basin for a lunch amid the eye popping scenery. And then it's back to our cars via route 113.
We’ll start the ride at the Forest Service parking lot which is about .10 mi north of the AMC Cold River Camp entrances on the right side of route 113. Meet for car pooling at the Scenic Vista parking lot in North Conway, at 9:00. We should be ready to start the ride at about 10:00am. If you plan to drive right to the trail head please let me know. Thanks
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