Monday, July 1, 2019
Spaulding Mountain Lean-to to Stratton
13.5 Miles
First of all we finished climbing
Spaulding Mountain on a rough trail with blow-downs on a narrow corridor.
A bronze plaque on Spaulding
Mountain commemorates the completion of the final two miles of the 2,054 mile
long trail in 1937 by the CCC. (The
trail is now 2,192 miles long.)
Going up South Crocker was steep
and rocky, it wore us out good. Coming
down from North Crocker was much easier, pretty level but still rocky in places,
slowing us down.
We passed the 2000 mile mark! Someone had made a make-shift sign on the trail with sticks.
It seemed a very long
time before we got to the road and called for a pickup by Stratton Motel where
we had made reservations. The shuttle
was there in a very few minutes and charged us $5 each for the short ride.
Chris (Papa Smurf), the manager
at the Stratton Motel took good care of
us and gave us, I believe, the best room there. The motel is conveniently located on a road
within walking distance of a general store
and a couple of restaurants. We ate dinner across the street
at Backstrap Bar and Grille.
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