Sunday River Whitecap

I did a partial bushwhack of SR Whitecap by starting at the end of the dirt road that is the left off the Quonset Hut Road in Grafton Notch. I had done this once before and struggled up along skidder roads and through cuts staying to the right of the valley that forms the East side of Miles Notch.

This time I tried to stay to the left and it was no better. I was wearing shorts and that was not a good thing. I wound up going through lots of raspberry patches. The terrain is steeper and the trees more dense in the upper part than I had hoped. I hit the GLT a lot further South and therefore closer to Sunday River Whitecap than last time but I sure was glad to see it.

I hiked the remaining 1/3 mile on the trail.

I had the mountain to myself until, upon descending I met a couple below the first ledges.  On the way down I followed GLT further along before I started my bushwhack and the first part was better but it soon declined into challenging skidder trails and lots of raspberry again. I did the whole hike in less than four hours and I really took my time. It had been a long time since I did a good hike and it was great to get out and stretch my legs. I am looking forward to doing this sometime in the winter.