Excellent views to enjoy on this stellar weather day. I only hope the trail maintenance day is just as nice.  I’ve never seen so many cars parked on the road before, it was a popular day for this hike.

The four of us started from Tripoli Road around 9:20 ascending to the summit of Mt. Osceola. There we a large number of hikers coming down (maybe 40-45) from a sunrise hike- they started at 4:30am! Overall, we met probably 75 friendly hikers and a number of dogs for the day - lots of nice views. And there was vista of course. ?

We reached the summit in a few hours and then proceeded onward to East Osceola where we had lunch and chatted with some folks.

It was a perfect fall day, and the trees changing color were beautiful. We’re definitely a few weeks behind in the turn of foliage down in Mass. 

Going in our direction the Mt Osceola Trail is a pretty easy though there are some tricky 45-degree rock climbs and the trail can get tight in places.  The real challenge is getting to the East Peak.  Very steep in places especially one section called the chimney.  But that was actually fun to climb back up on our return to the main summit (and one does feel a measure of pride for tackling it).

Back to the parking by 3:45. Great hiking day. 

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