Pack Monadnock via Raymond Trail
I enjoy exploring new trails up mountains I’ve been to many times. I was looking at my map of the Wapack Trail and noticed that I had never taken the Raymond Trail to the summit of Pack Monadnock.
So after some work and chores on a beautiful Sunday afternoon I decided to take a ride and check out this trail.
The trail head is a dirt parking lot. There is another parking lot a couple of hundred feet down the road that goes to the Cherry Pond trail as well. The lot looked a bit bigger but was full.
| Date: | 8-30-2020 |
| Location: | Peterborough, NH |
| Distance: | 3.4 mi |
| Elevation Gain: | 920′ |
| Total Time: | 2 hr 23 min |
| Parking: | 4+ cars |
| Difficultly Rating: | Easy |
The Raymond Trail starts with some ups and downs until the junction with the Cherry Pond Trial. From here it climbs steadily for about a mile.
Soon I came to the steeper rocky pitches that took me to the summit. The rocks took a little maneuvering in some spots but over all were not that difficult to navigate.
Once at the top I enjoyed some views of Mt. Monadnock and North Pack. There were a few people up there but it was not over crowded due to the park limiting people because of COVID-19.
I started down back down the trail. On my decent I took my time going down the rocky steep section. I tend to go a little slower and more careful when hiking solo. Soon I made it back to my car.
This was a fun trail to take. It was not over crowded like other trails on this mountain. I would recommend this trail to new hikers and I’m sure kids would have a blast.
