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Sunday 10/25: Fall Cleaning on Winslow
The day was clear, warm, and dry. I went up Winslow Tr 0.3 mi, to a flag “RWB R.” I re-dug 6 drains w/shovel, 16 others needed only leaves raked, again. 4 hrs’ work. A dozen or so really nice hikers. 😁 Craig Sanborn, CHVTC Trailmaster
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Friday 10/9/26: Restoring a Trail Sign on Mount Cardigan
At the junction of Ranger Cabin Tr with West Ridge Tr, Jeremy and TM Craig installed new sign to replace stolen one. It faces uphill, to be read by hikers descending W Rdg Tr from the summit. Hikers from the east side may heed it and head back to their car parked at the AMC…
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9/24/26 Mission: MOWGLIS
Five Highlanders spent about five hours going up the Mowgli Trail to the top of Cardigan, assessing the condition of the trail. At the top of Firescrew, we recovered three sets of blaze boards. On the way down branches that were encroaching on the trail were lopped off. Two trees that had fallen across the…
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Fri 8/28: Mt Sunapee Solitude Trail, 16′ 2-Span Bridge Built
A timeline format seems to describe this job, which was a month in preparing. The ledge it bypasses is ~ 100 yards towards White Ledges from the summit road. Fri 7/31: 3 hr. View, measure, sketch, plan. Text Tim, Pres. of MSGTC (Monadnock Sunapee Greenway Trail Club). He approved this job. Mon 8/3: Order hemlock for…
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8/20/26: West Ridge Trail, Rock Steps in Gully
Back on the heavily impacted West Ridge Trail, 0.3 miles up the trail, there was a longish herd path beside four rock steps in a gully, and several stones the glacier did inconsiderately leave at angles awkward to walk. Four volunteer Cardigan Highlanders were enough people to make this site more attractive to walk by…
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8/14&15: Two Days on Cardigan
8/14 Patrol & Prep on S Rdg Tr So, Friday 8/14 I arrived at Mt Cardigan State Park by 0900. What with passing out the map to 8 or 10 parties of hikers, plus outreach to them, I started up the trail about 1030. Got to S Rdg Tr jct around 1130, had lunch, hiked…
Read More8/6 West Ridge Trail: R&R 6′ Log Step
Thursday 8/6 was another humid hot day. I arrived Mt Cardigan State Park,by 0900, and I quit by 1200. Spent a while greeting hikers and passing out the free maps from State Parks. Fewer than half had any map at all, even AllTrails on a phone. The State map includes info about blaze colors and…
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8/1 Mt. Sunapee Work Trip: Signs Are Good for Andrew Brook Trail
On the first day of August 2026, a crew of two, Team Leader Scott MacFaden and ace volunteer Sean, ascended the Andrew Brook Trail from the Mountain Road trailhead. Our charge for the day was to focus on the section of the trail above the 3rd brook crossing, as other crew members had recently tended…
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7/20 West Rjdge Trail: Stopping a Waterbar Turning into a Herd Path
On Mount Cardigan’s West Ridge Trail, 0.3 miles uphill, hikers thought a drainage ditch was a fine path. After 2 hours with a shovel and 5′ loop of 1″ webbing, barricading was installed and the drainage ditch was restored. It may get their attention… 🤨. Craig Close up of trail (L), then barricade, then log…
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