Had a good and very challenging hike up Northfield Mt. Sunday, about 4.4 miles. This is a cross country ski/recreational area and it's sad to see it so bare. There was a layer of crunchy stuff on the snow shoe trail. Met our friends there and we all comiserated about the lack of snow. DH and I hiked this August and it seemed harder Sunday! Not technically hard, just really steep in a few places.