Maple ridge vt11/4/2023 ![]() To help our residents truly thrive despite the limitations of their memory loss, our memory care program is intentionally named AspireCare. Serving area seniors since 2016, we are an intimate, secure, and loving senior living community for those with Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of memory loss. So I think this is it? At least for Sunset ridge.Welcome to Maple Ridge, formerly known as Spring Village at Essex. Tried to find it on strava as well as other links here, but there doesn't seem to be much written about the Mansfield FKT. There doesn't seem to be anything definitive about what the FKT is. Definitely can be improved upon!Ĭonditions were still fairly snowy and wet, so traction was pretty rough even with trail shoes. The Ascent from the first kiosk of the parking lot I did in: 44:25. From the Trailhead start I did it in: 35:55. Went up the Sunset ridge to the chin from the Underhill State Park. Here's another fun route that doesn't see much activity: Up Sunset Ridge to the LT, tag the summit, then back down the ridgeline (LT) to the Maple Ridge Trail, down to the CCC road and back to the TH. This can be very easily improved upon I'm sure. Just went up hellbrook, over the adams apple trail, and then up the LT to the chin today in 48:07. Just gotta have different FKTs for different routes. Should the Sunset Ridge trail from the Mountain Road be considered the FKT starting point? peteyg (): It's only 2500 ft of gain or less depending on the trail. I think most of the actual FKTs on mansfield (various routes) will be way sub 50 minutes. Take a look at strava - will give you a loose idea although many FKTs are not on there. I'm pretty sure Eric Blake has the FKT up the toll road - 31 ish minutes. Heavy Salomon Snowcross and microspikes through a couple inches of fresh powder below treeline and spotty deep stuff above. On 2/7/16 I ran Sunset Ridge (from the proper trailhead) to the summit and back in 1:05 w/ a 3min summit break to snap a photo for a couple. Maybe if an FKT is involved they will have a change of heart. I've been trying to get my trail running friends from NH to come over and check this loop out, but all I hear are excuses. Kind of similar to the Falling Waters/Bridle Path Loop, but smoother and faster. It's a grunt up to the summit, but from there the rest of the run across the ridge line and then down Maple Ridge is just plain fun - lots of open fast terrain and fun little "problems". I'm not sure why the GPS track says 7 miles, it was just a cell phone app. Today I did the loop (with the summit spur out-and-back) in 1:43:07, which isn't my fastest time ( around 1:38), but the first time I carried a GPS. Stay on the LT to the Maple Ridge Trail, then hop on the CCC road ( go right) for a short uphill grind followed by a great fast finish over mossy roads and finally the CCC road. Cruise as fast as you can across the ridge, ending up on a service road - look for the LT exiting right down a steep cut ( well signed). Returning to this point, continue south on the LT. Where the trail intersects the Long Trail at the ridgeline, turn left to take the short out and back to the summit. In one mile, the CCC road bears right ( where you will be running out at the end of the loop) - the Sunset Ridge Trail starts here on the left. The route: It starts and finishes in Underhill State Park at the trailhead map board at the top of the parking area, which approaches the Sunset Ridge Trail via the CCC road that has a short cut route called the Eagle's Cut that most people use rather than walking the road. I've been running this loop for almost 20 years, and still think it's one of the finest in New England. ![]() Mount Mansfield, Sunset Ridge/Maple Ridge Loop w/summit (VT) ![]() Here is some of the discussion that happened on our old website: There are numerous possibilities, and no one FKT route has yet become standard.
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