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| Hiking | 12.21 Miles |
4,099 AEG |
| | Hiking | 12.21 Miles | 6 Hrs 16 Mns | | 2.06 mph |
| 4,099 ft AEG | 21 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Started the hike at the trailhead around 7:30am. Temperature was forecasted to be a steady 40-50 degrees throughout the entire day. Followed the Abineau Trail until reaching the intersection where the trail meets with the Waterline Trail. From this point you will essentially be following the treeline directly up the mountain to the ridge. Although there is no marked trail, I was able to follow a path left by previous hikers for most of this ascent. As you get closer to ridge climbing alongside the treeline, there should be a section that is primarily made up of small boulders. I recommend staying on the boulders to avoid scree and disturbing the vegetation. Be careful where you step though as many of these boulders, even the larger ones, may shift under your weight.
Once reaching the top, it is a pretty simple hike to the peak for about a mile. On the day I went, the clouds to the south obscured any view I had of that direction. The wind was pushing the clouds north up and over the ridge, which had the cloud bases basically level with me looking to the north as I hiked along the ridge.
After signing the register, I hiked down straight north to try to find some of the B-17 wreckage. I was only able to find a few small pieces that I couldn't recognize. It was pretty interesting looking at the dead trees in this area, as many of them were split around maybe 7-8 ft up from the ground, which had me thinking the aircraft must have traveled a little further down the mountain before impacting the ground. The affected trees were all leaning to the NE so I assume that is where you should go if you wanted to find more wreckage.
I headed NW down the mountain to join the Waterline trail. The descent was very nice as most of the ground was soft although there were plenty of times where it gave away and I fell on my butt. After joining with the Waterline trail, I met and had a nice chat with the first and only pair of other hikers I saw during the whole hike. During the rest of the hike on the Waterline and Abineau trail back to the trailhead, it was raining so I kept my pace up to avoid the approaching thunderstorm. |
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