Join us for this beautiful loop hike to East Pond and Little East Pond.  The hike is about 5 miles total and about 1000 feet of elevation gain.    We will start by taking the East Pond Trail 1.7 miles to East Pond, where there is plenty of room to spread out for lunch and enjoy the beauty of the pond.   After that we will take the Little East Pond Trail 1.7 miles to the smaller Little East Pond, and then 1.7 miles more past that back to the parking area.   The steepest part is the first 1.7 miles to East Pond, but the footing is good, and after that it's pretty easy walking.   Since East Pond is the best place to have lunch, we might also do the hike in the reverse direction in case people are interested in having lunch a little later than 11.     

We are limiting the hike to 7 people in order to be able to better practice social distancing of staying 6 feet away from each other.    

You can put "East Pond Trailhead (Tripoli Rd), Tripoli Rd, Thornton, NH" into your GPS.    You can either take exit 31 off of I-93 for Tripoli Rd, and go 5.1 miles on Tripoli Rd, where the trailhead will be on the left.   Alternatively, from Rt 49 in Waterville Valley, you can turn on Tripoli Rd going north, after 1.2 miles stay right to stay on Tripoli Rd (to the left will be to the Waterville Valley ski area), and then go 4.8 miles further and the trailhead will be on the right.