Mr. Getchell, Mr. Pfender, and Acadia reconned the Province Pond trip in South Chatham and it looks great!
EZ 1.6 miles into the shelter which sits at the edge of the pond facing the morning sun. The area is surprisingly remote and just inside the National Forest. The Province Brook Trail is winter-multi use for most of the way, a popular state maintained snowmobile thoroughfare along a logging road. If we are blessed with snow, there should be little sled traffic that early in the season. The sleds cannot get to the shelter unless there is good ice on the pond and recent warm weather should preclude that. The route is in and out, perfect for skiers and snowshoes, an easy grade and buffed out like an alpine ski trail. Note to Mr. Steesy – minimal water and all crossings are bridged.
For Saturday afternoon, count on a formidable bushwhack from the shelter to the top of Mt Shaw. Good map/orienteering project. Looks like a wooded summit with a fabulous ledge outlook near the top.
Beautiful natural area and close to town – 0.9 miles from the jct. of Hurricnane Mt. Rd. and Green Hill Rd., 8 miles from the troop shed.
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