Start: Lyme-Dorchester Rd.
We finally pulled ourselves away from Hanover today. It is such a great town, so that's not an easy thing to do! We got a ride to the trail head on Lyme-Dorchester Rd where we left off. We immediately started climbing the 2100 feet up Smarts Mountain. At 2369 feet, we had beautiful views from Lamberts Ridge. We even saw the Smarts Mountain summit up ahead. The last mile of the climb was steep!! We even had rebar and a ladder to help climb the steep ledges! We reached the peak and took a lunch break. A group of Dartmouth students were out for a day hike, and we were also with thru hikers Purple Rain, Kazoo, Hashbrown, and Senator. After an hour, we started the descent down Smarts. The 3.9 mile descent seemed to go on forever, but was not as steep as the ascent. The end of our day was a 700 foot climb to the trail for Hexacuba shelter and then a .3 mile, steep climb to the shelter! We are here tonight with a bunch of section hikers, and thru hikers, Purple Rain, Kazoo, Hashbrown, Senator, Sweet Potato, and Gowser.
Today was only a 9.1 mile day but with all the elevation changes, it felt much longer. I love being on NH trail though! There are some beautiful views that come along with the climbs!
End: Hexacuba Shelter
Peace Be The Journey
~Flicka
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