Hiking (AT Corridor Monitoring) 4:05:00 [3] 4.86 mi (50:25 / mi) +350m 41:12 / mi
ahr:101 max:142
AT boundary north of rte 4 opposite Killington and Pico. Picking up 3 points I missed last year. Hiked in from Sherburne Pass to Maine Jct and to the NE corner of the property I'm tracking. Then bushwacked up a steep, loose hillside along the survey line. Tough scramble for 1000'. Found marker up on top. Then a turn and down the hillside. Followed old paint line to the 2 survey markers I needed. Had searched for the last one before, but was about 100' too low on the cliffs. Coming from above was much easier as I was able to avoid climbing down boulders.
Then cut over to the AT and hiked out the way I came in. Ran into 2 forest service staff checking the AT in advance of summer work parties. Turns out they were the ones who followed up on the property infringements I reported last year: in one case a generator set up on National Forest behind a house, and another case a shed build on Forest property. They first write letters, and if unresolved, get the lawyers involved.