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| Hiking | 16.02 Miles |
880 AEG |
| | Hiking | 16.02 Miles | 4 Hrs 21 Mns | | 3.68 mph |
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| no partners | | | This trail is one of about 15 in the White Mountains Trail System.. The official TH is about 3 miles off the 260 on Burton Rd. I missed that turn off and ended up starting from the back end of the loop. Starting from this point the trail is pretty much a road. The trail is marked with metallic blazes that are numbered every quarter mile and there usually 2-3 generic markers between these numbered markers to help keep you on track. That being said I missed one of the splits in the road/(trail) and did not realize my mistake until at least .5 miles in. Backtracking I was able to identify my mistake and get back on track. For the most part the trail is fairly easy to follow as long as you look for metallic blazes up the road at every split. (The blazes should be visible up the road at every split). The exception to this is the connector trail that allows you to make this big loop into two smaller loops. The signage for this is a little confusing...at least my first time through. I ended up, inadvertently doing a figure 8. Going from trail marker 39 to 9. If you start to see yellow markings on the blazes that is an indication that you are on the connector trail. In order to do the southwestern part of the Ghost, I had to do the connector trail twice. Not too bad since it was at most .5 miles long and I was more prepared for the confusion the second time around. This actually worked out nicely in that this section was the only part of the loop that was a single track. A majority of the trail (I would say just under 11 miles) is road or atv. How very the trail from marker 9 to 20 is a single track, at times a very faded single track. And it is also the only stretch where you go through some decent sized pine trees. Much of the trail is exposed and the pine forest lasted for only short sections. I like to think there is no such thing as a bad hike. Today’s hike challenged that notion; primarily from personal issues...a fall, serious chaffing, bathroom issues and a lost electronic device detracted from what this trail had to offer. That being said I ended the hike with the best part of the figure 8. I saw some rabbits, was serenaded nicely by a red tail hawk, saw a deer bouncing across the trail and as was so appropriate saw a coyote drinking from one of the tanks. |
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