A Hiker's Tail: Moriah with MORIAH!!!

Hi!!!

My Moriah

This hike was special because it was Mt Moriah with My Moriah! She has already hiked this mountain before, but I made her promise to hike it with me during my 4,000 footer quest. It was a lovely fall day with shiny sky and pretty leaves.

We started out on the Stony Brook trail following blue blazes. It was was very easy to start and there was lots of water until we got the ridge. Really, it took a while for the trail to get Stony. When it gets steep there will be one more water crossing, depending on the time of year. We saw a lady with a dog and a puppy on the easy part. The puppy was surprised to see another dog and really just needed to take a chill pill. The other dog and I exchanged glances and rolled our eyes. There were a few other dogs later on the trail too. When we took a snack break and my pack was off a woman coming up the trail thought I was a bear! How silly. Bears are not this handsome.

Boardwalk

There were boardwalks as we got to the ridge. I finally learned my lesson and stayed ON the boardwalks the whole time! (Laura note: see Osceolas and Zealand) We followed white blazes along the Carter-Moriah trail which took us up some rocky ledges with views galore! The rocks were warm from the bright sun and the leaves had changed so it was very pretty.

Very steep spot before the summit

There is a sign before the tip top that is at a trail junction, but from our side it did not show the direction we needed to go. Check both sides of signs! At the sign on our Carter-Moriah trail was a really really steep spot. It was kind of like a mini-Chimney for me. There was a 5 foot section that I need a lot of help with going up and down. But after that it was very close to the summit.

We had lunch on the summit with some other people. It’s not very big but you can see all the way around just over trees. It was actually prettier on the ledgy trail coming up. One guy was “golfing” all the mountains and took a long time to take a photo just right. Another lady loved me and gave me lots of attention whilst I basked in it and the sun. There was also a big group taking a summit photo and I totally photobombed it. I just pushed my way