Icy trail

(c) Roger Leo

A dash up Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Mass., this morning found the Pine Hill Trail fairly icy, and the Mountain House Trail fairly ice-free but sopping, with every sign of icing up with the weekend’s bitter temperatures.
A friend and I abandoned the Pine Hill because our ice gear was safely at home – after we both had vowed never to be caught without it – and opted instead for the Mountain House.
It was a good decision.
Maybe we’ll be wiser next time. But you never know.