2/20/23
Day 104

Today was not the hike that I originally planned. I was going to do Osseo Trail but decided that I wanted to do a more complicated hike so I opted to do some of the trails in Crawford Notch instead. Arethusa Falls, Bemis Brook, and Frankenstein Cliff were the order of the day and with cloudy skies and a gentle mist falling, I started the ascent from the trailhead. I brought my snowshoes with the assumption that Arethusa-Ripley Falls Trail wouldn’t be broken out at all. I was unpleasantly surprised that someone had post holed the entire 1.1 miles of trail. It doesn’t sound like much, but over that stretch of trail I had to widen my steps to match those of whoever destroyed the trail, in post holes that were up to my knees or higher in some spots. But, despite the trail conditions, I really enjoyed revisiting this area again for the fifth(?) time. Arethusa Falls was a place that my husband and I visited way back 2008(?) and seeing it always reminds me of him.

Daily Miles: 5.72

Daily Vert: 1940’

Overall Miles: 1081.04

Overall Vert: 315,959’

Trace: 46.8% -> 47.2%

Trails: 

Bemis Brook Trail

Arethusa Falls Trail

Arethusa-Ripley Falls Trail

Frankenstein Cliff Trail