DEER HILL LOOP

November 10, 2009
The weather forecast looks good for another ride. And Hurricane Mountain Road is still open. So let’s explore a new area in North Chatham NH. With all the summer traffic gone, we’ll have this beautiful spot almost all to ourselves, even route 113. When I was scouting there last week it was so tranquil and the views were magnificent especially on the section around Shell Pond.

We’ll loop 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 more walk able than ride able especially where we will link up to Deer Hill Road from the Shell Pond area. This 8 mile loop is pretty flat and easy to ride. And at the end of the ride we may choose to do some more exploring or ride up to The Basin which is about 2.5 - 3 miles from our starting point.

We’ll start the ride at the Forest Service parking lot (fee area) which is about .2mi 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 9:30. We should be ready to start the ride at about 10:00am.