Tiny Pond, Ludlow, Vermont – 1/1/24
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Chris Boone
Jan 2, 2024, 12:30:01 PM1/2/24
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I’m told I erred in referring to the area near Lake Ninevah, in my last report, as “central Vermont”. My deepest apologies to all of you who live in the one true Central Vermont; I won’t make that mistake again!
So, here’s another report from… the south-central Greens? I don’t even know. Speak up if you do.
Tiny Pond is a beautiful mid-elevation pond (around 1,800’), tucked away in a mountain bowl, unreachable except over private land or up a steep and fairly rugged trail from Route 100. The trailhead is just south of Tyson. Worth the effort to get to, in my opinion, but I love this kind of thing. I haven’t skated on this particular pond since December 2002, and it was just as delightful as I remembered. If you go, I guarantee you will see no one else.
It was a great spot for a New Year’s Day skate. The ice is thick and fairly smooth, and yesterday was covered by 1/4” of fluffy snow, the kind that makes your skate strides softer and quieter. Side note: it’s not called Tiny because it’s tiny, it’s actually decent sized for a Vermont mountain pond, but rather as a reference to the Tinney family which got simplified over the years.
Second side note: What a weird weather system on New Year’s Eve in Vermont. Mostly dry, but small pockets of substantial snowfall around the state. One of those was up in Plymouth Notch, where it looked like full on winter wonderland, maybe 3” on the ground. While everywhere else in the area was brown and bone dry.
I still didn’t make it up to check out Kent Pond. Woodward Reservoir (on Route 100 just south of West Bridgewater) was about 2/3 ice, with a snow layer, and looked promising for the near future. Black Pond, to Woodward’s south, was completely ice and snow covered. But the Black River lakes south of Plymouth were all open (very muddy) water.
I’ve attached a map showing where it was relative to Ninevah and Ludlow and the surrounding villages. Lots more info at https://catamounthardware.com/atlas/vermont/tiny-pond/
Chris
catamounthardware.com
So, here’s another report from… the south-central Greens? I don’t even know. Speak up if you do.
Tiny Pond is a beautiful mid-elevation pond (around 1,800’), tucked away in a mountain bowl, unreachable except over private land or up a steep and fairly rugged trail from Route 100. The trailhead is just south of Tyson. Worth the effort to get to, in my opinion, but I love this kind of thing. I haven’t skated on this particular pond since December 2002, and it was just as delightful as I remembered. If you go, I guarantee you will see no one else.
It was a great spot for a New Year’s Day skate. The ice is thick and fairly smooth, and yesterday was covered by 1/4” of fluffy snow, the kind that makes your skate strides softer and quieter. Side note: it’s not called Tiny because it’s tiny, it’s actually decent sized for a Vermont mountain pond, but rather as a reference to the Tinney family which got simplified over the years.
Second side note: What a weird weather system on New Year’s Eve in Vermont. Mostly dry, but small pockets of substantial snowfall around the state. One of those was up in Plymouth Notch, where it looked like full on winter wonderland, maybe 3” on the ground. While everywhere else in the area was brown and bone dry.
I still didn’t make it up to check out Kent Pond. Woodward Reservoir (on Route 100 just south of West Bridgewater) was about 2/3 ice, with a snow layer, and looked promising for the near future. Black Pond, to Woodward’s south, was completely ice and snow covered. But the Black River lakes south of Plymouth were all open (very muddy) water.
I’ve attached a map showing where it was relative to Ninevah and Ludlow and the surrounding villages. Lots more info at https://catamounthardware.com/atlas/vermont/tiny-pond/
Chris
catamounthardware.com
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