Mt. Cardigan Trip

September 28-30,2016

By Abby S.

red group (d2 b4)

Location Paragraph

Cardigan Mountain is located at 658 Cardigan Mountain Road, Orange, NH. The coordinates of Cardigan are North 43 degrees 38 minutes and 59 seconds,latitude. West 71 degrees 54 minutes and 53 seconds,longitude.Cardigan is almost split into two different towns in West New Hampshire. Cardigan is located in the towns Orange and Alexandria. The summit of Cardigan was once full of trees but a devastating forest fire in 1855 burned most of the trees on summit Cardigan and Firescrew.

Place Paragrpahs

Cardigan Mountain is different in many physical ways. It is also a beautiful place with amazing marks that were left by glaciers many years before.There was a beautiful waterfall called Welton Falls. The summit of Cardigan was very windy and cold. Most of Most of the woods floor was wet with condensation from the rain of the night before the hike. Most of the rocks that were very big or that could be considered boulders were mostly or had a lot of moss covering them. With moss on the rocks, the moss acted as a sponge which therefore made the rocks wet all the time, especially if they were underneath a bunch of trees with very thick canopies.

Cardigan Mountain is also different in many cultural ways as well. It has multiple trial markers all over the trail. There was a broken railing at Welton Falls. All throughout the trail there were wooden stairs to help hikers hike. There was food, a tower and a loge. There were multiple signs saying where you were. There were bridges on the Nature Walk. There was also a ski trail going down the mountain. There was a ladder leaning up against a tree.

We were at Cardigan for 3 days, Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday .They were amazing and so much fun.
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