Despite the lack of snowfall this winter, the cross country skiing conditions at Garnet Hill are excellent. Went there yesterday with the wife, and skied groomed corduroy that was virtually untracked. There is a backcountry route from that leaves the Gore trails in the area of the High Peaks chair, crosses over the adjacent Barton Mines property, into the Siamese Ponds Wilderness and ends up at Garnet Hill. There's not enough snow to do that route right now, but that one is on our list of gotta-do trips. If you enjoy fast nordic skiing on well groomed trails, GH is great right now. Oh yeah, there's a couple photos and a short write-up from yesterday on Harv's site:

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