West End Trail Tender extraordinaire Brenda Conklin again reports from the Appalachian Trail.

Note: Brenda has been an active volunteer with the West End Trail Tenders (WETT), and informal volunteer group that came together through 1970′s around the centripetal force of  Laura and Guy Waterman.  In its hey day WETT maintained network of highcountry trails on the west side of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. WETT volunteers continue to maintain the Upper Green Leaf and Franconia Ridge (Mount Lafayette to Little Haystack) Trails. These trails are in the White Mountain National Forest and are adopted through the Appalachian Mountain Club Adopt-a-Trail program.  The Franconia Ridge Trail is also part of the Appalachian Trail, a National Scenic Trail. If you want to be a WETT volunteer, consider joining us on our next trip to Franconia Ridge, May 18th and 19th.

It’s too cold for camping, so I have clocked 34 miles of day hikes in the sections between Mt Moosilauke and Mt Cube and between Lyme NH across the CT River to beyond West Hartford VT. Preston joined me for half of these outings, and Roy Loiselle from WV joined me one day. Here are 3 pictures and some observations:

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