INTRODUCTION:
During
the last week of May 2016, I did a short 5-mile loop-hike that was launched
from the Appalachia trailhead in Randolph, NH.
It involved a visit to a spot known as Durand Scar, as well as a visit
to several waterfalls along the Fallsway Trail.
I
thought this might be of possible interest to hikers looking for a short hike
such as this. And perhaps it also could be of interest to those who
would want to incorporate this short hike into an extended hike to the high peaks
in the Presidential Range, such as Mts. Adams and Madison. According to the Randolph Paths guidebook, the Scar Trail ". . . offers a route
to or from Mt. Adams which avoids the steepest sections of both the Valley Way
and the Airline . . ."
Below
is a map with my route highlighted in yellow.
PHOTOS:
PHOTO 1: Durand Scar offers
a nice view, but it's a rather small place.
Seating is limited. But as
stated by one of my Facebook friends: "Those
are the best seats!" :-)
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| PHOTO 1 |
PHOTO 2: Looking southward up the Snyder Brook Valley
from Durand Scar. Mt. Madison is on
left, and the two peaks at center are JQ Adams, and Mt. Adams.
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| PHOTO 2 |
PHOTO 3: The NNE view from Durand Scar includes
several peaks in the Mahoosuc Range.
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| PHOTO 3 |
PHOTO 4: I took photos of
several waterfalls along the Fallsway Trail.
The one shown below is Tama Fall, which I suppose if pushed to choose a
favorite waterfall along this trail, it would be this one!
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| PHOTO 4 |
PHOTO 5: This photo shows a side view of the upper
portion of Tama Fall.
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| PHOTO 5 |
TIDBIT
OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Two
of the trails used for this loop hike were the Scar Trail and the Scar
Loop. Quoted below from the Randolph Paths guidebook, are some
tidbits of historical information regarding those two trails.
The
original Scar Trail . . . "was
constructed in 1883 by E.B. Cook and W.H. Peek, and became known as Wabash
Avenue because of Peek's ties with Chicago.
Later it was obliterated by lumbering, to be restored in 1935 and
renamed the Scar Trail."
Presumably
around 1935 . . . "The Scar Loop was
cut when Louis F. Cutter realized that the newly cut Scar Trail had actually
bypassed the old Scar."
2 comments:
That waterfall looks cool and refreshing on this hot day in June.
How nice that a trail obliterated by lumbering was restored. And also how nice that such a trail was constructed so long ago. During the late 1800s in the west I think that hiking trails were the furthest things from the minds of "settlers". They were too busy trying to survive—and destroying the natural world in the process!
Thanks, as always, Rita for your comments. I love the contrasting information you posted about what was happening in Western U.S. versus Eastern U.S. in the late 1800s.
John
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