Come celebrate the longest day at Libby Hill Trails! A 5k event is slated to happen on Wednesday evening June 20th. Come out and enjoy the longest day of the year and meet lots of fellow trail users. This race is open to runners or walkers and features a 5k course on the Moose Odyssey trail and a 1K fun run for kids. Moose Odyssey is a beautiful trail with no roots or rocks and ideal for cross country running. Prizes will be awarded and race results published on www.libbyhill.org.
Trail Race 2001
Snacks and water will also be available.
All proceeds to benefit Libby Hill Trails and in particular to fund our new snow groomer.
Register before the race and save $5 (fun run is free for kids)!
You will notice some brush and excavation at the old cellar hole on top of Libby Hill. We are in the process of putting in a granite bench dedicated to the Libby Family and a new kiosk. All from the generous contributions from Ronald and Lillian Dolloff, descendants of Daniel and James Libby. A volunteer crew will clean up the area on Saturday May 19th and on June 2nd, National Trails Day, a dedication will be held at 1:30pm at the new memorial site. The trails are still open around the cellar hole just watch the brush on the sides of the trail. Come back later this month to see the new memorial and take in the great views up and down Old Libby Hill Road!
Sunday April 15 -9 A.M.- This osprey was seen landing on the cell tower and apparently checking out the neighborhood at Libby Hill. Ospreys are rarely seen on the hill since it no large bodies of water are near by. He could just be passing through or perhaps thinking of setting up a nest on the tower. Either way it was very exciting to see.
Osprey at Cell Tower
Also spotted was a Palm Warbler at the pond by the school. There was also a half dozen different warbler calls in the area near the top of the hill this morning. If you like birds check out our guide to birding at Libby Hill. The next two months will feature the widest diversity of birds for the whole year. Please note logging has closed the Outback trail and half of the Harold Libbey trail until mid May.
For the next few weeks, logging activity on the Matthew Morrill Trust will require that the Harold Libbey and Outback trails be closed. The Trust owns the land that directly borders Thayer brook near the Outback crossing. Beavers caused extensive tree damage from flooding and now the land owners wish to salvage some of these trees. Because of the logging please stay away from this area until the logging is completed in late April. We hope to reopen all trails after we assess what if any impact the logging will have on the 400 feet of the Harold Libbey Trail and the 300 feet of the Outback trail that crosses the Trust property.
Early spring conditions mean soft trails. Until mid May the trails can be easily damaged by rutting and erosion. The photos below show damage done in prior springs by trail users. You can help by only walking on dry areas of trails. Mountain biking should be delayed until late April. Horse back riding is not approved until after June 1 and motor vehicles are never allowed on trails.
We thank the 99.9% of considerate trail users and we hope the other 0.1% will see the advantages of taking good care of trails in spring!
