Day Seven, Balanced Bulkhead

There are several ways to get to Balance rock. A. Follow the trail. B. Go up to the Bulkhead and go on Tuckerman trail. C. Make a new trail. The logical one would be A, the fun one B, and the challenging and possibly infuriating one is C. After going on a hike up the greenway to just do some surveying of the area and terrain. The unfortunate reality is that this is going to be extremely inconvenient and a very, very long switchback trail. The image below illustrates roughly where the existing trail is, and the circle is Balance rock.

It is very steep and inconvenient

The hike I took was pleasant enough, it was pretty buggy, but not unbearable. 

Just looking down a nice bit of the trail

It soon got steep, about a 25º sustained grade. 

Looking uphill

Looking straight out over the hills, the ground is very, very steep

I took a lot of pictures on my hike. A lot. I got up to balance rock soon enough though, and then took Tuckerman trail over to the Bulkhead. 

Looming out of the forest 

Balance Rock

After some fun traversing and climbing over rocks, I soon arrived at the Bulkhead. 

Looking over the woods, with Elbow Pond in the background

The side of the Bulkhead, it was a pretty shear drop to the scree slope below

Mt. Kearsarge poking out of the clouds, with the ski hill and a tiny bit of the main campus below it

I managed to get a picture of my self after more tries than I care to admit, the black dots are bugs, this picture had the least amount of bugs in it, so it was the best. I guess...

Small ledge on the Bulkhead, prime spot for a fire

Found a cool tree on the hike down

Critter Cam

I was a bit sad that I did not see much wildlife on my hike I was pleasantly surprised when I found this little guy poking out of the water. 

I don't know anything about frogs, but he's green and can swim, so there's that going for him

After a long day, I walked out of the Wise, and looked up to see something that made everything feel small, but the good kind of small, humbled maybe.

There is something about the stars and night sky that are incredibly calming 

Over all it was a good, relaxing day.