Wednesday, April 17
The Pinnacles from Bald Hill Rd., Danby SF
Hike report by Casey
Marcy met with 26 hikers starting at Bald Hill Road and Station Road. We walked on Bald Hill Road a little until we turned right onto the orange blazed Abbott Loop. This was an out and back with everyone turning around in an hour regardless of any speed and distance differential. Seven of us actually made it up to the Pinnacles and down the other side all the way to the creek at the bottom of a steep hill at exactly one hour in.
At that point we turned around and retraced our steps until getting back to our cars at exactly the two hour point, having hiked 4.6 miles with an elevation gain of 900 to 1,000 feet depending on which app you use.
Saturday, April 20
Hike along Carter Creek
Hike report by Nancy Lorr
32 people and 2 dogs gathered at the junction of Boylan and Lloyd Stark Rd for a hike along Carter Creek. We walked up Boylan Rd a short way passing a large beaver pond on the way. After the road crossed Carter Creek we cut into the trees on a well trodden trail that followed the creek along the rim gradually going uphill to about 200 feet above the creek. Then the trail headed gradually down hill. During this stretch we had a good view of Rowell and Doll Hill through the leafless trees. The trail intersects Carter Creek Road. This road follows the main branch of Carter Creek. Most of us turned right on this road following it until we reached an old carriage road which we took down to view the creek closeup. The creek was too full for an easy crossing though several hardy souls made it. If we had been able to cross we could have seen the crumbling foundation of an old homestead a short way up the hill. We retraced our steps and headed the other direction until we crossed the creek we had previously followed and reached a trail that headed uphill on the other side of the creek. At the top of the hill we visited a lovely beaver pond surrounded by old pines and beaver chewed stumps of other trees. We negotiated a swampy area to emerge on Lloyd Starks road close to our cars.
View Nancy Lorr and Randy Olson’s photo album.
Sunday, April 21
Logan Hill Nature Preserve, Candor
Hike report by Leigh Ann
Twenty hikers convened at the Candor High School parking lot to hike up and around the top of Logan Hill on the seasonal road and yellow trail. The day was kind of crummy, with colder and more overcast weather than in the previous week, but the trail and views were rewarding.
