Wompatuck State Park

Two Weekends Two Rides

Ride 1:

Last weekend I tried to lead an Intro to mountain biking ride. This was for my friend Chris. I missed my offset and I kept getting lost going down trails when I thought I knew where I was going. Even with a map! I missed several chances to go in the right direction as they were suggested by Chris. Oh well. Chris was a great rider. He did a great job getting his hybrid bike tearing down the trails.

Ride 2: I decided to try to make a better loop, and take the correct turns this time. Today was a very nice morning. Sunny, and a bit humid. Left the lot at 8:10AM and was back by 9:20AM.

Ride started at lower lot through gate, left onto N2, Then left onto pavement, next right onto pavement, then right on to N15, then keep straight onto N16, through fallen gate, into the Annex Area. Took first left onto pavement (Doane Street). This was a nice shady paved descent through a few missing gates, with lots of side paths on the left hand side. Then left onto NS2 to NS11 Then somehow into the Nature Study Area Loop, Hooked around NS9 to NS3 to pavement. Then right back onto Doane Street, then Left onto N31, onward to N30, N24, N23, to N19. At N19 I took wrong turn and end up looping back to N19-N23. So this time i road N20, N21, N22 and from there pavement back to the lot.

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Stow Pinnacle Trail Vermont

Today I hiked to the Stow Pinnacle Summit (2651 feet) in Vermont.
It was a great hike that took over 3 hours (spent 45 minutes at the summit).

The trail that I used was The Stow Pinnacle Trail. The hike was 3.6 miles round trip.


I will post pictures and a few videos of this hike to this blog soon.

Cotton Brook Road Loop Moscow Vermont

The Cotton Brook Road is an old logging road that runs within the Mount Mansfield State Forest. The loop is 11 miles long.

I rode out of the parking lot at 8 AM.

The weather was mostly sunny with periods of overcast. Severe thunder storms were on the way for the afternoon. The temp. was 77 F.

For this ride I did not bring a trail map or payed close attention to the trail description that was in the guide book. Those mistakes cost me.

I was unable to complete the loop. Without a map I became confused. I was expecting trail markers where they were none. After a few wrong turns I decided it would be best to stay on the graveled logging road. This turned out the be the correct way anyways. I found this out after reviewing the map when I arrived back.

The ride was a great work out. That logging road climbs and climbs. According to the trail guide book, it climbs for 6.7 miles. Further review of the map, I know I climbed most of these miles. I passed 4 streams and went about a mile beyond the last stream that I crossed.

I decided to turn around after almost crashing into a wash out. This was the worse I have seen. It was 3 feet wide and 6 feet deep. It was a missing chuck of the trail. I'm glad I have disc breaks.

The way back was a very fun descent. It was fast but not that steep. It felt like I was riding at 40 MPH as some points. I only saw a few dog walkers and that was on the last mile back to the parking lot. No one else was around.

I made it back to the parking lot by 10 AM.


I look forward to returning to this loop and completing it. Today was a fantastic ride and a great workout. I think I rode over 11 miles.

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ride a few days ago

same ride as last post, but feeling more tired around squantum