Saturday September 25, a group of 11 spent a beautiful morning hiking SRK Greenway Trail 11 over Mount Kearsarge. This trail starts in Winslow State Park, climbs the Barlow Trail, and then descends along the Lincoln Trail finally reaching the Link Trail near the end. Near the top there is a beautiful Alpine Bog.
We gathered the group on the top and after a short rest walked along the bald summit to the Lincoln Trail.
We then started down the Lincoln Trail which has some steep and tricky sections near the beginning. If you click the image below you will be taken to a page of panoramic images along the trail down. You can zoom into these image and pan around and see considerable detail. But be sure to return here to see the slide show below.
After scrambling down the steep part, which can be avoided by taking the Rollins Trail to the picnic area and then meeting the Lincoln Trail from there, we came upon a beautiful area of ferns and birch. Ferns in fall are especially beautiful to my eye and mind.
There was a section of the Lincoln Trail where someone had scattered marbles. So we had to be very sure of our footing. Here is a close up of the marbles.
Most of the hike was in the woods, but a clearing provided a nice relief and view back at Kearsarge.
The Lincoln Trail is fairly long. After it meets the short Link Trail one encounters an amazing area of glacial erratics. If you click the following image you can explore some details in other images of this area.
Wandering around the erratic field I made some more images of various details. Here are three along with a photo of a particularly impressive rock.
Here is a slide show of some of the other photos I took along Trail 11 of the Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway.
