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10/11/25: Andrew Brook Trail Patrol
On an absolutely stellar fall Saturday 10/11, two regular Cardigan Highlanders and one honorary canine crew member set out from the Andrew Brook trailhead in Newbury to conduct a patrol of Andrew Brook trail and the connecting Solitude Trail. Team Leader Scott, Ben, and Ben’s dog Hank comprised the day’s contingent. By any measure, Hank…
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10/17/25: Skyland Blazes DONE!
Tuesday October 7 was the last day of 10 weeks of warm dry weather for the near future. Three Cardigan Highlanders met at West Ridge trailhead at 0900, and by 0930 started the hike up to Cliff’s Bridge a mile uphill. We turned right onto the west end of Skyland Trail, which crosses a hillside…
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Steps in the Right Direction; New Rock Steps on West Ridge Trail
Friday 9/19 was another perfect day of dry weather, no bugs, and bright sun, just like the previous six weeks. Three new volunteers turned out, and we hiked uphill 0.9 miles till we were above the cascade. There we built barricades on a wide and muddy herd path where hikers think to bypass a rocky…
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Fri 8/29: Patrol Up Rim & Down Newbury
… after another safe and satisfying workday FWIW… Fri 8/29/25 0900. 3 Cardigan Highlanders met by caboose on Rte 103 @ Newbury Harbor. We drove in one car to NE Bowl up on Mt. Sunapee. We patrolled 1.6 miles up Rim Trail then down Newbury Trail east to our cars at Newbury Harbor. Our sawyer…
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8/17: Andrew Brook Patrol
Four Cardigan Highlanders convened on a warm and hazy Sunday August 17 at the Andrew Brook trailhead in Newbury: Trailmaster Craig Sanborn, Team Leaders Scott MacFaden and Bob Humphrey, and newer crew member Andrew Koo. Our primary goals for the day were to clean drains (and redig them where needed) from the second crossing of Andrew Brook…
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19th Annual Monadnock Trails Week, Sept. 4-8
Monadnock Trails Week is a collaboration betweem the Society for the Protection of NH Forests, and NH State Parks. The goal is to protect, improve, and promote the trails of the Monadnock Region. Monadnock Trails Week has been an annual event since 2006. CHVTC will be there working on the Marlboro Traul. For complete details…
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7/26: Check Marks on the Winslow Trail Job List
Today we again took advantage of cooler temps higher on the NW aspect of Mount Kearsarge, and under the canopy of summer leaves. We were two, TL Scott and TM Craig. We worked our way uphill, doing work needed from a new trail inventory of July 8, 2025. These inventories list present and needed fixtures…
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7/24: Rollins by Pick & Shovel
Time for a change in focus. No trees to harvest or planks to lug, just a few rocks to move. Thursday 7/24 was over 90 in the valleys, but much cooler at 2600′ in the shade of spruce trees. By 1000, two of us, Chuck and TM Craig, hiked 0.2 miles up Rollins Trail to add a side…
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7/19/25: West Ridge Trail, Swapping Out Old Broken Fir Log Steps for New Ones
Halfway up Mount Cardigan’s West Ridge Trail, in the woods, ’twas rather cool on Saturday morning. We were a crew of three: Ben, Andrew K., and TM Craig. We were an hour hiking to the jobsite, then took hand tools into the woods in search of the wily and shy 10″ fir tree. On finding…
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