Ritzhikes

Where: Eliza Brook Shelter When: 1/26/91 With: Chip After a one-year layoff, Chip and I decided to go "winter" camping again. There had been a snow drought this year, so we were wary of the conditions. We decided to try another destination this time, on the other side of 93. I'd seen it on the map and always considered a ski in to be possible. The route I'd imagined wasn't the way we went though. I'd thought of skiing in from the south on a power line, figuring the route would be skiable. We decided to try to come in on a trail from the west, the Reel Brook trail. We left 93 at the Kancamagus Highway, but went west into Woodstock and on toward Kinsman Notch. We continued west and north, turning on to 116, where we started to look for the trail. There was plenty of snow, but not much sign of a trailhead. We followed one road down to its end and parked by some barking dogs. I got out my skis and headed down into the woods on the unplowed rest of the road. Do...