Getting out of the warm sleeping bag wasn't easy. The wind did not die down over the night at all, but we did receive some much needed sun this morning. Unknown Pond tentsite is definitely one of the nicesr tentsite I've stayed at. With the view of Horn over Unknown Pond, it is a nice place to be. We got ready fairly quickly and hit the trail before 10 AM. The hi-light of the day if not the entire weekend to me is got to be the Horn. Although a tad windy, but the views and the warmth of the sun from open summit was very rewarding.

It is October 10, 2010 today. I brought 10 finger puppets and distributed them around, at the summit of Horn, we put up the puppets and posed for the summit picture. The trip over to Bulge was almost un-noticeable, next thing we knew, we're at the summit of Cabot. The wind was still fierce by the time we got to Cabot. We hunkered down inside the cabin south of the summit, took out our stove and made ourselves some hot soup for lunch. It was so windy at the cabin that my backpack which I left on the porch was blown blown off the porch. But the descent from the cabin was fast and steep, it got us out of the wind quickly.

There was a rough but short section before the junction of Bunnell Ntch trail, other than that, the hike up the Terraces were nice. Especially the views from Terrace Mountain was unexpectedly beautiful. After Terrace Moutain we hurried down to the Willard Notch, found the unofficial tentsite and from there, Darlene took the York Pond trail to head out to her car.

Total: 7.5 miles
Elevation Gain: 1624'
Elevation Change: -456'

Darlene popped out of her tent.
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We shared a tent platform with Jen, it worked out great.
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Unknown Pond.
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Pumping water from the pond.
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Views of Horn across the pond, which is our first destination of the day.
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On the trail again.
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More iffy bridges to cross.
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0.3 miles to Horn.
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One more boulder to climb.
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Views of Bulge and Cabot from Horn.
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Darlene and Kim getting ready to climb the boulder.
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Jen on the summit of Horn, pointing at the summit survey plate.
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10/10/10, we have 10 finger puppets on the summit of Horn to celebrate that!
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Finger puppets' group picture.
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These 2 are mine. With Bulge and Cabot in the background.
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Another view from Horn.
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Rock sandwich with fresh Darlene.
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Next stop, Bulge and Cabot.
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One more picture before heading down Horn.
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Wooded summit of Bulge. Inflate!
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Arrived at the true summit of Cabot.
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Puppets show on Cabot.
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We had lunch inside the summit cabin.
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Cabot cabin.
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Views from the cabin.
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An outlook south of the summit of Cabot.
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Make shift trail sign.
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Jen and Darlene at the summit of North Terrace.
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North Terrace.
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The hump between North Terrace and Terrace Mountain.
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Hi!
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Spur trail to the summit of Terrace mountain.
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Views from Terrace Mountain.
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Presidential range from Terrace Mountain.
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Jefferson and Washington.
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More views from Terrace.
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Back to the jucntion. 1.1 miles later, we'll bit farewell to Darlene where she took the York Pond trail out of here.
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Cool fungus.
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