Hello Hikers!
Wed March 21
Six Mile Creek — wildflower preserve toward Potter’s Falls











Official head count:  18H, four D
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Sat March 23
Treman SP on the FLT starting from Route 13









The steepness of the climb up to this clearing where I always feel compelled to do a group-shot tends to separate the hikers pretty widely  —  one-third of the group had fallen behind us and isn’t shown here
There was considerable snow on the upper part of the walk  —  but it wasn’t too slippery
Official head count: 19H, six D
Sunday March 25
Finger Lakes National Forest, Hector — Chicken Coop Road and snowmobile trails


Lots of snow up here  —  we started out on a nice trail through the woods but it quickly started to get harder and harder to walk comfortably


Frozen footprints, holes, churned-up surface  —  my knees and ankles really started to feel stressed  —  the snow off to the side of the path wasn’t stiff enough to walk on top  —  so we left the woods at the first opportunity
This is Chicken Coop Road  —  it’s not plowed in winter but it gets heavy snowmobile use and it’s nicely tamped down
This led us to a set of huge fields that get lots of snowmobile action

We kept going on the snowmobile trail until it was time to turn back  —  very nice scenery all around



Official head count:  18H, three D
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