Mt. Wachusett Hike

Brooks led a group of nine GOers from the skii parking area up Balanced Rock trail to the summit where we enjoyed unencumbered views in 360* including the Boston skyline.  We lingered on the summit and found shelter from brisk breezes while we ate lunch beside a small dammed pond, stocked and swarming with gold fish, who had a feeding frenzy from our lunch crumbs.  It was on the way down that I beheld the balanced rock for which the trail got its name.  Awesome!  a rock as big as my kitchen precariously and lopsidedly balanced on a smaller rock.  Never will I disparage Wachusett Mt. again as a piddly little stepsister to Monadnock.  It was a grand  mountain and a lot of fun.  Of course the company colors the trip and Eldad, Luiz, Adam, Ibrahim, Brian, Sam, Christopher, and Brooks are the best.  Sam (of Long Island) has pictures.  I hope you will post them, Sam.  By Pappi aka sAm (of Newton)

We will be hiking from the base Lodge of Mt. Wachusett ski area to the summit (2006 Ft. above sea level). This event will ascent via the Balance Rock and Old Indian Trails to the summit. We will descend via the Harrison/Semuhenna trals and reconnecting to the Old Indian/Balance Rock Trails to the base.  We can have lunch at the summit, and I expect this hike to take about an hour and a half each way. This can be a good event for those who are new to GO or hiking as it is an entry level to intermediate hike.