Write-up: Meg Higgerson
Leader: Meg Higgerson
Co-Leader: Bobbie Scarpino

Nine hikers met in Sangerfield on this very cold and crisp morning. Once we arrived at the parking area, we shuttled to the start of the hike on Trail 60. There was not enough snow for skiing or for snowshoes so we used our crampons.   It was a lovely hike, with few easy ups and down. At the end of Trail 60, we walked ¼ mile on the road to Trail 38. From there we traveled across some open fields, we traversed some wet spots and then went into and out of a number of stands of beautiful plantations of red and white pine and huge Norway spruce.

There were so many animal tracks and we pondered their originator. At one point one of the culprits showed himself: a field mouse attempting to burrow in the snow to escape the hikers!   We also spotted a bear…Wait, it was a toy stuck in a tree!