My Trip to Cardigan
Sep. 28th-30th 2016
Green Group D1B4
By, Jessie C
The Mount Cardigan summit is north of Hopkinton so we had to drive about an hour to get there. Cardigan is also in the town of Alexandria, and is just west of Newfound Lake. The White Mountain National Forest is northeast of Cardigan. The AMC lodge is to the east of Cardigan. Rumney is north of Mount Cardigan so we could see the windmills there from Firescrew. As we went up the windmills got samller and smaller The Green Mountains of Vermont are to the the west of Cardigan. The Firescrew summit is N 43 degrees 54 minutes and 21.4 seconds.
The "special-ness" of Cardigan was that we could do five mountains in less than 10 miles and get back in time for dinner and it was a very different location. Also, the lodge was special because it could hold half the grade, it was solar powered and it had a good view of Cardigan. Another thing that was special was that there were trails to go on really close to the lodge. The guides were also special because they had us do a "no ort" dinner and breakfast, they were able to hike a lot six days in a row and they were very entertaining. Lastly, all the games were special because they made them outdoors and they were really fun. Overall Cardigan was a great trip to go on and I would love to go back!What was different about the location of Cardigan was that we were very close to the mountains and there was a waterfall close to the AMC lodge. Also, it was a long way from any store or restaurant and there was no cell service. There were a lot of different trees there and different animals. Another thing that was different was that there were five mountains near each other so you could go to all five of them. The weather was also different because it hot sometimes and once you got on top of the mountains it was freezing cold. Lastly, the elevation was different so it made us more tired when we were there. We loved Cardigan because it was so fun and we all had a good time!
We were at Cardigan for 3 days, the first day which was Wednesday September 28th, my group went to Welton Falls. The second day, which was Thursday September 29th, we climbed Fire Screw, Cardigan, South Peak, Rims Rock and Orange mountain. The 3rd day, which was Friday September 30th, we did compasses and a pond study.
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