On a sunny, crisp late November afternoon, Carol and I drove down to Hanover for a fun geocaching loop on the trails of the Baum Conservation Area. This tract on the SE side of Moose Mountain is managed by the Hanover Conservancy. A detailed guide to the hike is available at hanoverconservancy.org.
Mt. Cardigan and its sprawling spur ridges can be seen from a logged area high up on the loop.
This geocache is called "Ring my bell" and requires a ~100-yard bushwhack.
Approaching the high point of the trail loop just below the south ridge of Moose Mountain.
We ascended a slope off-trail through these beautiful woods to find a cache with a most unusual container.
From that cache Carol descended back to the loop trail while I made the short bushwhack up to the Tom Linell Ridge Trail, which runs along the southern ridgecrest of Moose Mountain.
A short distance to the north I came to an open ledge with an excellent view east and northeast. Beyond the rounded South Peak of Moose Mountain I could see Smarts Mountain, Carr Mountain, and distant peaks such as the Osceolas, Mt. Tecumseh and the Tripyramids.
East to Mt. Cardigan.
Farther north is another ledge with eastern views.
Heading down off the ridge through open hardwoods to rejoin Carol on the trail loop.
This one was called "I got a kick out of this."
This was a cleverly designed container.
I branched off for "Bigfoot sighting in NH," which required a 0.1 mile bushwhack each way. Some work went into placing this one.
We found 12 of 13 caches in the series on this loop created by cacher BGOOD2AL, plus one more cache a short distance off the loop. Kudos and thanks to BGOOD2AL! Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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