Northville Placid Trail Day 6: Miles 105-127

Fully powered

Surprisingly, it wasn’t very cold when I got up, but it was cold once I started walking. As usual, it was only difficult with bare hands. Gloves probably would have been smart…

I was a little put off by the name of my trail, because all the spiders took it literally. I don’t even know how they raised their nets when it was below freezing, and I don’t know what insects they were trying to catch. I saw about 3 dragonflies and very little else along the entire route in terms of insects.

The clouds were going crazy at Long Lake

The clouds were going crazy at Long Lake pt. 2

Bridges pt. 1

Bridges pt. 2

Bridges pt. 3

I really enjoyed following Cold River. The trail conditions were the best I had encountered so far, which was a blessing for my foot. (Especially since it started out pretty painful). The riverside trail was smooth, not many medium to large sized rocks, not much mud, just a couple of fallen trees, just flat smooth pine trees and some small gravel. It’s also very clear, so I never had to worry about going off course despite the large distances between markers. The river was also quite pretty and it was nice to have some constant background noise besides my feet crunching leaves.

River walk

River Walk Pt. 2

After crossing the river, I encountered a lot of barking. A bit of concern arose over a solitary dog ​​with no clear signs of an owner, but once I saw that the dog was prepared, I heard a man calling to him. And then, I met Mike (Map-Quest), Meghan (I didn’t catch her route name), and Dixon (Bumper). So I stopped for lunch (fries and honey bread) and to talk to them for a while in Seward’s shed. Bumper was really cute, I was glad to have a furry friend for a while.

In Ouluska’s shed, some losers left a pile of meals from the mountain house on their stove. It bothered me quite a bit, but not enough to try to find room in my own bag to carry it.

THE BUMPER IS NICE

This rock received a new cut

very nice walk

Very nice trail pt 2

Nice trail pt 3

duck hole

After Duck Hole everything got worse. It’s truly amazing how quickly the trail went from the best conditions to the worst. It is actually not possible to see the trail in many places due to the number of fallen trees. Still, I made it to Moose Pond with light still on!

It was like this for miles

A solitary red surrounded by greens.

A lone red close-up

A solitary yellow-orange surrounded by greens.

elk pond

This website contains affiliate links, which means The Trek may receive a percentage of any products or services you purchase using links in articles or advertisements. The buyer pays the same price they would otherwise pay, and their purchase helps support The Trek’s ongoing goal of bringing you quality backpacking information and advice. Thank you for your support!

For more information, visit the About page of this site.