Cross the North Boquet near the road |
Crossing above shoe box falls |
Setting up Camp |
We head to the South Boquet and head up Elizabeth town No. 4 |
First views are from rock outcroppings |
and there is open rock nearing the summit |
The views were fine |
Joe reaches the summit |
But even so, Spotted mountain looms large |
Cliff enjoys the view |
and we head down the west side |
The stream was a welcome sight, but as we climbed out of the stream bed, Joe got stung by several wasps. |
Joe navigates a sticky spot on the way back |
We enjoy dinner at shoe box |
The next morning, we drive to the Garden and head to the south side trail |
We stop for breakfast along Johns Brook |
We hike along the river |
and eventually head up a slide toward Lower Wolfsjaw |
Lots of climbing |
and great views while we snack |
more climbing |
Here Joe nears the top. A herd path leads from the top to the Range trail |
Reaching Lower Wolfsjaw |
where we have a view of the great range |
On the shoulder of Upper Wolfsjaw there is a wonderful raspberry patch |
and we get some views from Upper Wolfsjaw |
Next we reach Armstrong, which has wonderful views |
We enjoy lunch on Gothics |
A view from a crevice |
The descent of Gothics is steep |
View of Gothics from Saddlesback |
A passing raven |
Great views |
and a fun descent |
Good place to stretch |
Pausing in the col |
Climbing Basin |
It rained on us, and poured between Basin and Haystack |
We descend off Basin |
Six high peaks and ten hours hiking deserve a yawn |
Lets do Haystack too; and the clouds lift as we do |
Haystack from Little Haystack |
Descending Little Haystack |
We reach Haystack and have great views |
Taste testing summit blueberries |
We must descend |
with great parting views |
Little Haystack and Haystack from Razor Rock |
We were glad to see water after many hours of hiking |
Twilight hiking between Slant Rock and Bushnell Falls |
Past twilight hiking the rest of the way |
The next morning we have Breakfast when we reach the South Boquet |
We reach the East Dix Slide, which has wet lower reaches |
A view down the slide |
And up |
It gets steep near the top |
but is great fun |
We make it to the top of the slide |
where there are great views |
We cross over to South Dix |
Cliff scrambling up Hough |
On Hough we have luch with great views |
On the herd path to Dix |
We reach Dix |
which has 360 degree views |
More views |
Descending to the slide |
The top of the slide is steep |
Loose rock leads to a drop off |
We by-pass the drop off in the brush |
Descending with the sun at our backs |
Butterfly at the base of the slide |
On the seemingly endless descent along the brook |
Eventually leads to open water slides |
We enjoy dinner and breakfast at shoe box, then head out for the return home. |