Trip/Event Location: Princeton, MAUS
Trip Leader(s):
Max # People: 10
Trip Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money
Difficulty Level: Moderate
We will be hiking from the base Lodge of Mt. Wachusett ski area to the summit (2006 Ft. above sea level). This event will ascent via the Balance Rock and Old Indian Trails to the summit. We will
We will meet at the Mid State trailead market along side the summit buildings at the base of Mt Wachusett. The mid state trail head marker is a sign with a yellow triangle blaze on it. There is lettering indicating "mid state trail mile marker 69". We will meet at this sign.
Directions to the base of Mt. Wachusett are as follows;
499 Mountain Road, Princeton, MA
Rt 2 West to exit 25 Westminister/Princeton
Rt 140 South to a right on Mile Hill Road
Travel a half mile down Mile Hill Rd to a right into the ski area.
Brooks led a group of nine GOers from the skii parking area up Balanced Rock trail to the summit where we enjoyed unencumbered views in 360* including the Boston skyline. We lingered on the summit and found shelter from brisk breezes while we ate lunch beside a small dammed pond, stocked and swarming with gold fish, who had a feeding frenzy from our lunch crumbs. It was on the way down that I beheld the balanced rock for which the trail got its name. Awesome! a rock as big as my kitchen precariously and lopsidedly balanced on a smaller rock. Never will I disparage Wachusett Mt. again as a piddly little stepsister to Monadnock. It was a grand mountain and a lot of fun. Of course the company colors the trip and Eldad, Luiz, Adam, Ibrahim, Brian, Sam, Christopher, and Brooks are the best. Sam (of Long Island) has pictures. I hope you will post them, Sam. By Pappi aka sAm (of Newton)
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Outdoor Fitness Level: Moderate
