9/3/22
White Mountains Guide Day Thirty-Seven

Today I did a loop that I’ve done three other times before, what I call Shoal Pond Loop. It’s over twenty miles in the Pemigewasset Wilderness (mostly). This is one of my favorite hikes because it has a lot of history to it. Shoal Pond Trail, Wilderness Trail, and Thoreau Falls Trail are all old railroad tracks that led to logging camps back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. There are some remnants on the sides of the trails (an old stove and some old buckets and stuff) but what I love about this loop is that I can use my imagination and try to imagine what it looked like back when the wilderness was being logged. My feet are pretty chafed after doing 22 miles but I was blown away by how strong I felt. I haven’t done anything over 19 miles since July 2020 so it felt really great to get into the 20s again and not be suffering immensely afterwards. 

Daily Miles: 22.37 
Daily Vert: 3259’
Overall Miles: 389.86
Overall Vert: 124,245’
Guide: 15.1% -> 16.1%

Trails:

Ethan Pond Trail
Shoal Pond Trail
Wilderness Trail
Thoreau Falls Trail
Kendron Flume Trail