Mts. Skatutakee and Thumb - August 15, 2010
Activity, photo, and report by Ken L.
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Mts. Skatutakee and Thumb are reachable from the
Harris Center in Hancock, NH.
Start on the Harriskat Trail and get in a nice loop that takes you over both
hills. Not difficult, just one or two short steep sections here and
there.
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The Harris Center was closed, but Your Webmaster wandered around the
grounds and took a look into a small building with open glass doors. I
learned very quickly why they can leave the doors open and not have any
equipment stolen from the building.
Yes, that is a live nest.
They had some of these yummy things nearby:
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It was a decent day at the start, warm temps with a little
bit of sun.
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Randy, Pam, Sara, Tom, and Your Webmaster posed for the
obligatory picture, and off we went across King's Highway to the Harriskat
Trail.
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Sara, Randy, Tom, and Pam pause near an erratic
The view from Mt. Skatutakee is a little obscured by trees,
but "Mountain Man" Randy thought he'd get his profile taken with a wonderful
background...
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and Pam helped point out the Uncanoonucs:
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Mt. Monadnock was under some interesting cloud cover as we
arrived at Mt. Tom:
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...and there we paused for a while for some snacks, a rest,
and photo ops:
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On the way down we encountered some interesting flora and fauna and a
pond...
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...and Tom thought the uprooted tree was interesting:
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Yep, it's not a stone wall. This is an uprooted tree
whose roots lifted the rocks out of the ground when the tree fell!
If you're up for a couple of miles without a ton of effort,
a bit of a view of Monadnock, and even some interesting woods near the
summits, check out the Harriskat Trail and get in a loop of Skatutakee and
Thumb! |