CTA trip report Sec 3

[Sam Bartlett]

I'm renaming the MDT#3 tour to the "Groundhog's Day
Tour". Just like in the movie, each day is a repeat of the
day before, with minor variations. We meet a bunch of
fun and able skiers in the morning, sort out the logistics,
have a beautiful ski on a fine trail in fresh snow and nice
(mostly) weather and end up with our cars at the end of
the day.
Today, 2/2/2025, we skied Section 3. Some folks wanted
to ski northbound and some wanted to ski "downhill", so
we left the Northbound skiers at Lind Lane with Alan
leading. Our southbound/downhill group drove the
northbound skiers cars to the north end at Somerset
Dam. After some minor confusion our group headed
south. Although we had a net loss of elevation, we still
had plenty of climbing, through evergreen and hardwood
forests and fresh snow. And the downhills were tricky.
Tight, rocky and heavy snow. We met several groups,
including other current and past trail chiefs and a board
member.
We saw day old otter tracks and had beautiful views of
the rivers.
We met the northbound group just before lunch, and
then had a nicely broken out trail for the rest of the trip
back to Lind Lane where our cars were.

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Robert "Sam" Bartlett Bartlett Technologies
44 Ashfield Road 413-834-0274
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370 www.bart-tech.com