Cross Country Skiing

[DebW]

Some of the snowshoe trail at Windblown is part of the Wapack Trail, which goes from Pack Monadnock over Temple Mtn and Barrett Mtn. to Mt. Watatic in MA. I've backpacked that trail in 2 days and spent the night at one of the shelters at Windblown. You need to reserve the shelter ahead of time and pay a modest fee.

[ridebikeme]

Sounds like a great day Crankin!! The temps were nice here, although the winds kept the snow just perfect... so we got in about 4-5 miles after running errands all morning and hopped on the trainer after we got home. Tonight is some much needed 'couch' time HA!

Have any of snow ever skiied in Jackson NH?

[Crankin]

I have been to Jackson 3 times; only one of the times was there enough snow to (barely) do any skiing. It looks like the trail system would be great, but I guess I just haven't hit it at the right times. We ended up driving far to find snow, although we were lucky enough to stay at the Thorn Hill Inn.
Thinking of doing an impromptu trip either next weekend or the one after. We have theatre in Boston next Friday night, so I am not sure how getting up early on Saturday would be, but there's going to be more snow up there and I am in the ski mode.
Deb, I would not be doing any overnight camping in the winter, but I we did think we could make it to the top of the mountain and back if we started early in the AM. The trails don't seem to be as well marked as the ski trails. While I haven't done a snow shoe as long as 12 miles before, I am pretty sure I can handle it.

[roadie gal]

Our local cross country area opened 2 weeks ago. I've been out striding twice and skating twice. Ugh, skating. It really kicks my butt. If I can go 45 minutes, I'm a happy camper. My partner and I also took the dogs out to a local OHV trail on Christmas day. We had a freshly groomed trail and we were out early enough that the snowmobilers weren't out yet. What a blast! I hope the rest of the season stays this good.

[BikeDutchess]

Went cross-country skiing today for the first time in decades. That sure was a lot of fun! My dad is visiting and it was his dream to ski one more time. He can't do downhill anymore, so we decided on XC. It was a gorgeous day, and while the inversion-caused pollution was creeping up to this area a little bit, the air was much clearer than in the city. Here's my dad in the front, my son skating on the left, and DH in the back. We had such a blast, we'll have to do this more often!


Fun day ski day. Go pap! by DutchRosie, on Flickr

[Crankin]

Here's a pic from the beginning of our snow shoe. This is taken by a pond, just below the main trail hill that we often climb up to the view field where you can see Mt. Monadnock. It's pretty cool, given the fact that I have been skiing here since 1993 and I had never seen this spot.

[ridebikeme]

It's always nice to see something NEW!!! It certainly leaves lasting impressions during the week when one can only dream of getting out on ski's!

Just got back from a ski myself, same course as yesterday although a bit warmer so snow was a bit softer. The kicker was that I didn't realize how hard I had skiied ( for me) yesterday until this morning HA! Needless to say, it was a much slower ski and one where I actually met others out as well. All in all, a great day...