Mt. Chocorua via Brook Trail

TRIP DATE:      Oct. 6, 2013                           

TRIP LOCATION:  Mt. Chocorua via Brook Trail, NH             

MEETING TIME:  8:45 am                  

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 9         

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):       app. 5.5 hours

LENGTH IN MILES:      app. 7.5 miles

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):    app. 2, 650 ft

DIFFICULTY:         B                          (A=very strenuous; B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)
LEADER NAME(S):   Maureen Kelly and Paul Miller 

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION:    Brook/Liberty Trailhead off Paugus Rd.

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?  Yes   

IF YES TO ABOVE, DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:
Hiked Brook Trail to summit and then returned via Liberty Trail, passing the Jim Liberty Cabin on the way down.  Trails in good condition.

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: Mostly cloudy with temps in the upper 50s and lower 60s.  Didn’t start raining until after we got back to our cars and were driving home.

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.) Nice views from summit despite clouds.  Brook Trail has several steep, but fun scrambles on upper portion that would have been tricky (and possibly dangerous) if wet.  Also wouldn’t recommend descending via Brook Trail…