A pleasant fall afternoon on a Hanover Conservancy trip led on bike and foot by Nancy Collier and Kevin O’Leary capped off 10 days of great mountain bike rides: Beaver Meadow and Ruella on Wednesday, Millstone Trails in Websterville on Thursday, Beaver Meadow and Downer on Sunday, Frenchs Ledges on Tuesday, Norwich Root District on Thursday, Mount Ascutney on Friday, and finally a great Tunis, Wolfboro, and Goose Pond Roads loop on Saturday. We rode the sometimes very wet Class VI portion of Tunis Road looping back past the north end of Goose Pond. Kevin then led us on a hike through the Hanover Town Forest over the new mountain bike trail being constructed by Kevin, the Upper Valley Mountain Bike Association, and other volunteers.
Tunis Road was mostly uphill, and the parts that were not wet were covered with leaves. Near the end we explored an old stone culvert seen below. It was still intact in spite of a tree above and what must have been years of logging traffic.
The big decision of the day was whether to ride back Tunis as planned or do a longer but drier loop along Wolfboro and Goose Pond Roads. The group favored the latter.
There is a slide show of photos below the photo of Kevin leading us back. You can also see photos from Millstone and the amazing quarries along the trails by clicking HERE.
