Write-up: Dianna Morris
Leader: Dianna Morris
Co-Leader: Greg Sipp

Thirty-seven (!!!) of us took off on a nice autumn morning to hike the Woodhull State Forest trail. Since we walked along a groomed, two-way snowmobile trail, this made for easy hiking and socializing.

There is one steep hill on this trail, otherwise the trail is relatively flat. With only one minor incidence of exhaustion on the part of a first-time hiker (who recovered quickly after she got off the trail), we all had a pleasant walk in the woods. We made it out to our cars and enjoyed caramel apple oatmal cookies just before it began sprinkling.

Woodhull State Forest was acquired by NTS in 1955. There are unmaintained skid trails in the 567-acre forest that make me think this might be a nice map and compass/bushwhack forest to explore on another Tramp outing, but the snowmobile trail is the only maintained trail. This is a nice, easy trail to keep in mind for a close-to Mapledale hike, but I would not suggest using it for winter activity unless you want to constantly be dodging off the trail to avoid the snowmobile traffic. As far as I can find out, this as the first time the Tramps have hiked in this forest.