Hiking Terrace Pond

Good news about the official Terrace Pond hike: There were no bear sightings. The bad news was that it was a very hot day.

We made it to the pond, pausing briefly on the eastern shore, where the above photo was taken. Then we continued south a little further before heading north again, up the west side of the pond. The Terrace Pond Red trail, on the western side, needs some work; there are a lot of downed trees and overgrown laurel. (Supposedly the trail allows skiing in the winter, but there would have to be a good ten feet before the rocks were smoothed out.) This is is addition to the rocky outcroppings endemic to the area, which are quite attractive but up the challenge level.



We paused on the western shore for lunch, enjoying the company of a large turtle who lurked, looking for handouts. From there we returned the way we came.

As written, the hike then continues north on the Quail Trail, although the person who initially wrote it told me that part could be skipped. We had a couple of slower hikers in our group, and I was running out of water. So I told the more ambitious hikers to go ahead under the oversight of another of our members, while three of us took the early out.

We hiked close to 9 miles, with (according to my watch) 2,700 feet of gain.