North Sugarloaf – Sunderland, MA – 5.4 Miles

I headed out early Sunday to beat the heat, 90+ temps in April crazy right?  I parked at the base of the Sugarloaf summit road and followed the blue blazed trail.  I don’t really know the trails here but figured I could make a nice loop, not so…

North Sugarloaf Summit

Kept on the blue blazed trail and climbed the steepest climb I had been on in a while, pushed my limits and made me realize that I need to make more of an effort to get back in shape.  Once I reached the summit I really didn’t want to have to hike down that slope.  So I hiked past a couple trail junctions that I figured would lead me back down that slope…   When  I decided to turn I was feeling good that I had made the right choice and would have a nice peaceful hike back to the car.  Well, the trail dumped me out on the road 2.3 miles from the car…  Kinda stunk to have about half the hike a road walk, I made the best of it and maybe found a new spot to fish.

Other than the road back the hike was nice by 9AM it was feeling warm in the 80′s i bet. The views from the North Summit are great.  Its like looking down on a little model town or something.  It felt nice to clear the spider webs from the trail…  feels good knowing you are the first one out there that day!

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