Eastside Trail – Lincoln Woods
| Date: | 12-27-2024 |
| Location: | Lincoln, NH |
| Distance: | 3.41 mi |
| Elevation Gain: | 157′ |
| Total Time: | 2 hr 12 min |
| Parking: | 20+ cars |
A quick trip down Eastside Trail. When I got to the Lincoln Woods trail head there was plenty of parking available. It was also nice to see a few people with cross country skis in hand.
I grabbed my Fisher S-bounds out of the back, got my boots on and grabbed my bag. Headed over to the trail head. I was going to do down the Lincoln Woods Trail but there was a good amount of people out, so I decided to go down the Eastside Trail instead.
This trail was also well traveled but I knew it would be less busy than the other. As I made my way through the snow-covered trees there was some fresh snow still on the sides. So I rode on that for a bit. These skis really do well on this type of fresh snow.
There are a few bridges to cross but all very sturdy. You could drive a vehicle out there if you needed to. Temps were in the low to mid 30’s and the snow was getting a bit sticky. At one point I had to apply wax to the skis. Learned this lesson the last time I was out.
I took a few spur paths to get some shots of the river. It was flowing nicely, and it had that beautiful turquoise green glow with frozen ice on top.
I got to the junction of the Pine Island Trail and made my way down to the river. This small downhill is blocked by a bunch of downed trees. I followed the trail for a bit but it looked like it would require some water crossings, so I turned around and went back up the Eastside trail.
I followed this trail for a bit. There was long gradual uphill that is followed by a steeper downhill toward a bridge. I decided to take my skis off and walk this section. Better safe than sorry.
My goal was to go out to the Wilderness tent site. Some areas of the trail are icy and thin. As I got further down the trail it was becoming wetter and more rocky. So I decided to turn around.
The trip back seemed to go much quicker. I enjoyed the long gradual downhill. I was cruising at just the right speed.
I only saw a few people on this side. Some skiing, some hiking and some just out for a walk. I had a few conversations with a few of them. It was nice to see everyone enjoying the snow.
When I made it back to the beginning of the trail. I had to go across the suspension bridge to get a pic and say I skied across it.
This was a quick but fun ski. I’ll be back when we have more snow. I would really like to ski out and spend the night at tent site and ski back in the morning sometime.
