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May 27, 2013 6.08 miles 1,750 feet gained
I started the last leg of the Wapack Trail at Miller State Park after delays due to weather and my graduation. The trail is well travelled, and easy enough for beginners. It's about a mile and a half to the summit, then about a 3-4 mile trek through the Wapack National Wildlife Refuge to North Pack Monadnock. North Pack is smaller, and the ascent is very gra...
May 9, 2013 16.81 miles 2,000 feet gained
The Wapack Trail is a 21 mile interstate trail from Mt. Watatic in Ashburnham, MA, to North Pack Monadnock in Greenfield, NH. The trail is broken up into three sections. I planned to do about 13 miles the first day since the second day had rain in the forecast. The trail is easy to follow up Mt. Watatic, but the trail guide was really unclear on how to conti...
March 30, 2013 5 miles 2,000 feet gained
Hiking Mt. Monadnock was a huge accomplishment for me. I had a knee injury in 2010 that took almost a year to fully recover. I spent a few months getting back in shape and started hiking again in 2012. I often hiked the smaller Monadnock's (Pack and North Pack), and I could always see Monadnock from the summits. I made it a goal to hike Monadnock, and I fina...
February 18, 2013 1.77 miles 0 feet gained
I had planned on hiking up Monadnock during my short weekend home, but the killer winds and below freezing temps were not ideal. On my last day in NH I decided to do a short hike out to Purgatory Falls to see what it looked like after getting so much snow. The entire trail is 3 miles end-to-end, with three main falls (upper, middle, and lower) and many other...
January 9, 2013 3.2 miles 1,500 feet gained
This was my first time up North Pack Monadnock. I typically hike Pack Monadnock, but I wanted a change since I have been up Pack many times. North Pack Monadnock is the last mountain of the 21-mile Wapack Trail. I was the only car in the parking lot and did not see anyone else on the mountain. Note - the parking lot has not been plowed and my car (Ford Explo...
January 8, 2013 2.5 miles 1,500 feet gained
This was my first winter hike up Pack Monadnock, a mountain I frequently hike in the spring/summer/fall. I went up the Wapack trail (yellow markers - walk a little ways up the auto road and look left for the yellow blazes). It was a beautiful day, warm for a New Hampshire winter day. It was also very clear, which provided great views. The trail was packed sn...
