May 1, 2004

Peak Above the Nubble (3813)

The hike to the Peak Above the Nubble is via herd paths and a 1 mile bushwack. During the bushwack at times the spruce trees were so close it was like a wall - as you pushed your way through you couldn't even see your feet. This is the track from our GPS for the route to the summit.

We choose too summit Nubble (Haystack) on the return trip so pushed on as soon came to the "Blair witch campsite" which has a firering and hanging antlers.

The hanging antlers.

The bushwack itself is a little less than 1 mile and took us a little over 2 hours to complete. At times we were 15 feet apart and could not see each other the spruce was so thick.

A view along the way.

The bushwack itself is a little less than 1 mile and took us a little over 2 hours to complete. At times we were 15 feet apart and could not see each other the spruce was so thickThe goal of our hike, the canister, came into view a little over 4 hours after we started out.

Julie breaks into a large smile as she reaches the canister.

It was well into the 70's on the summit. We tried to leave our long sleves on while hiking, but with the heat we switched to short sleeves - unfortuantly we now all look like we went a few rounds with a cat.

The view of North Twin from the summit.

A shot of us in a less dense area of the bushwack.

Group shot before we head down.

Jeff picking his way through the brush.

Looking up the slide where we stopped to refill our water.

Looking down the slide.

Jeff pumping the filter.

We arrive at the summit of Nubble (Haystack)

View of Peak Above the Nubble from Nubble (Haystack)

Thought I would put a shot of the two of us in :>

We finished!! (Julie, Jeff, Bob, Geri) Heading off to the Mooseland Grill for a well earned dinner!

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