Write-up: Dave Rockwood
Leader: Dave Rockwood
Co-leader: Meg Higgerson

After parking at the East Canada Bridge near the region called Oregon, our group of nine, headed North up the snowmobile trail on the Piseco Rd. We went about 2 miles and then headed east to the “Potholers” section of the East Canada. The river is covered in deep snow and ice, so we could not see any examples of potholes formed from swirling sediment and small rocks that make the tell-tale round holes in the rock.

We then went back to the road and headed west and picked up a trail made by a group of Tramps the weekend before. This made for very easy walking (I am very thankful for the hard work to pack this trail down the week before – thank you Paul, Carolyn, Diana, Bobbie and Meg!).  We followed the path up to an old road and headed northwest along the road until we came to the tarpaper-covered cabin.  We had lunch on the road nearby. After lunch and chocolate most of the group headed back to the snowmobile trail and back to the parking lot while two of us headed farther to the northwest, probably another mile, and then returned on the same path.  At the end of the hike, Meg treated us with delicious homemade cookies, cheese and crackers. Very nice!

The Piseco Rd. is a wide-groomed snowmobile trail, but has some blind turns. We would advise you stay to the left side and be careful on the blind turns, make sure they can see you from a distance. The snowmobilers that we saw were courteous and slowed down and gave us a safe distance when they passed. There weren’t many snowmobilers out this day.

It was a great day to be in the woods with plenty of snow and great company.