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THE COHOS TREKKER
President's Message Welcome to 2010!! We are currently buried in snow up here in Pittsburg. Snowmobiling is in full swing. Lainie and I went out on Friday (the 15th) and opened up the Moose Alley Trail on snowshoes. We would like to do some guided snow shoeing on this trail. If any one is interested, please get in touch with us. It is suitable for any skill level. The trail is about 3.7 miles round trip. The cost is $10.00 per person. You supply the snow shoes. We are still looking for trail adopters. If anyone would like to adopt a trail, please get in touch with us sometime over the winter and we will set you up. There are many trails available, especially here in the north country. See you on the Trail Pete Castine President The Cohos Trail Association THE COHOS TREKKER - by K. R. Nilsen 
HELLO FROM THE COHOS TRAIL 2010: HUGE PROGRESS. BE A PART OF IT Not since the original few dozen miles were cut and opened on the Cohos Trail more than a decade ago have we at The Cohos Trail Association been on the verge of completing some much exciting work. We need your help - your donations, memberships, and volunteer time - to get it all done. Here's what's in store. 1. Renovating historic Kamp Kirk in the Nash Stream Forest. We hope to be able to fully overhaul this fine century-old labor camp and make it safe for 12 to 14 trekkers to stay at no cost within its walls on new double and triple bunks. We also plan on rebuilding the big storage shed and creating lean-to overflow capacity, as well. 2. Increasing capacity at Mountain Bungalow on Mt. Prospect. We also hope to add finish materials to this fine facility and add some bunking capacity so more people can stay at the bungalow. 3. Building a steel I-beam bridge over Big Brook to link two new trails We have been fortunate to have received two 24-foot steel I-beams as donations for the purpose of building a long and strong bridge over fast-moving Big Brook in Pittsburg. That span will link the new Moose Alley Trail to the soon-to-be built Little Falls in the River Trail. 4. Opening a dozen miles of all new trail, including And that's not all we hope to accomplish. We would like to reopen the Slide Brook Trail in Jefferson. It needs a long puncheon span, too, and we have a pledge of help to put it in. We hope to install another such span behind Third Lake over 50-feet of wet soils. We'd like to rebuild the Rowells Brook Bridge in Nash Stream, and even open the proposed Three Brooks Trail to take hikers off the Nash Stream Road. Fortunately, we will have a great deal of volunteer labor available to us this summer from a most unexpected source. But there is much to do and you can help us get it done. WHERE YOU COME IN Won't you think of donating anywere from $5.00 to $5000 to help underwrite our efforts to get the largest number of projects completed that have ever been undertaken on the Cohos Trail? If you would like to make a donation, you may do so on-line at the www.cohostrail.org website and donate via Paypal. Or you may send a check to The Cohos Trail Association, 266 Danforth Road, Pittsburg, NH 03592. All donations are tax deductible. If you would like to get your hands dirty and help us on the trails, call Pete or Lainie Castine at 603-538-6777 and see if we can schedule a time to work with you that suits your needs. If you would like to donate materials, such as dimension lumber, windows, doors, boards or trim, trail tools, or equipment, please call Pete and Lainie, as well at 603-538-6777. We have a critical need for a tow-behind brush mower that would attach to an ATV machine. MAKE HISTORY Literally, you can help us make history in 2010 with your generosity. The Cohos Trail is the biggest (longest) single foot trail in New Hampshire's history. You could help make it the very best. See you on the trail. Kim R. Nilsen, board chair The Cohos Trail Association |
 The Cohos Trail is a 501C 3 non-profit organizationThe Cohos Trail Association.The Cohos Trail Assocation 266 Danforth Road Pittsburg, NH 603-538-6777 |