This week I decided to give some insight to how I spent some of my free time. When I probably should have been doing some homework, I went hiking. Me and a friend headed to Waterville Valley (exit 28) and hiked the Tecumsah Mountain Trail. The trail began directly off of the mountain's main road, before the drop off zone, on the right and gives two options; the summit 2.2 m.or the tecumsah trail 5.7m. Both trails reached a summit, how the summit trail reached only the top of Waterville's ski mountain summit. We started out thinking that the 2.7m summit trail would be a good solid hike for the day. However, once we passed two hours worth of uphill, rocky climbing we came to the conclusion that we were not anywhere close to the 2.7 mile trail. After a couple slips on wet rocks and a few water breaks, we came across a turning point both signs both saying to the summit; either left or right. We chose left and reached the cloudy, cold summit around half an hour later. This hike, very physically challenging and worth while, was not half as great a view as the Rattlesnake Hike from a few posts ago. The weather may have hindered our summit experience but on a nice day, this hike would be a great thing to do with some spare time.
From Plymouth State University
Begin:
93 North - 6.6 miles
Exit 28 - 10.5 miles
Left on Tripoli Road - 1.2 miles
Slight Left on Ski Area Road - .7 miles
Right to stay on Ski Area Road - .3 miles
Parking: dirt parking lot across from access trail
Enjoy! Take lots of pictures!
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