June 27, 2010
Another close to home jaunt. The plan was to do Devil's Den in New Durham. It's not very well documented on the web. I took what info I could find and broke out the Garmin. We took Rines Rd to Caverly to Devil's Den Rd. An internet posting about road conditions had me ditch the CRV about a half mile too early. Flying by the seat of my pants wasn't a great idea as I missed the turnoff to Devil's Den and headed straight up Caverly Mt. The bottom was a wide open snowmachine/ATV trail maintained by the Powder Mill Snowmobile Club. I found this map after the fact and might be convinced to search out more club maps. We'll talke another shot a Devil's Den soon...
The obligatory on-call shot (one of many calls!):
The snowmobile road finally gave way to a nice ledge trail at the top. The trail was loaded with low bush blueberries. We could have picked quarts and quarts of blueberries but only had the patience and back strength for a few mouthfuls.
A wild lily and the Ossipees in the distance.
The most luxurious ferns ever ;-)
