02/08/09 -Snowshoe Hike

Today a group of 14 people hiked up to the Hume Farm property on snowshoes. Most of the participants had not been on snowshoes before and thoroughly enjoyed the hike and the views from the Hume barn.

We started out by going thru the tunnel under Rt.9 which had some ice on the floor and made for a lot of bending over but it was passable. We stopped at the "owl tree" to see if any had been roosting in the area but no sign of any owl pellets were found.

Next we hiked thru the fields where the Christmas trees are planted and up to the barn where we talked about some history of the Hume Farm and enjoyed the view east towards the Notch.

Then we returned to the vistors center using part of the "dog loop" and across Rt.9. Everyone seemed to have a good time and some asked for more of these hikes in the future.

Attached is a picture from the hike.

Glenn Roy

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