First of all, shout out to the friendly and hardworking team who were doing maintenance on the trail!! Great hike and Piazza Rock is huge. Only 4 stars for a couple of minor reasons. Right at the start, after you cross the bridge go left up the rocks not to the right. Lots of bugs. And there were a very friendly group of older people cooking food and giving out water to Appalachian trail hikers, which I love, but there were about 8 of them and their cars were taking up room in a full...
Read moreA great hike if you continue to the top of Saddleback Mountain. Great views from the summit after an interesting hike by three ponds. The trail has many flat areas mixed into to the uphill and downhill so it isn't as hard as you might be thinking. Coming this trail in inclement weather is not advised as the summit is totally exposed and will freeze your ears...
Read moreDo not underestimate the difficulty of this hike! I did Saddleback and Saddleback Horn starting from here (15 miles round trip) in a day and it's up there with some of the 5kers in the Whites. I definitely wasn't expecting it. Just doing Saddleback would've been about 6.5 hours, but throwing in the Horn I had about 9 of just...
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