The bonds are beautiful, but have you ever wanted to catch the sunset and the sunrise on them?

This will be a backpacking trip with about 24miles total with ~7k elevation gain and staying at Guyot campsite (at 4000 ft) on Saturday night. We’ll camp at Zealand campground ($20/site) on Friday night, then start off at Hale Brook trail, tag Hale and Zealand on our way south, and set up camp at Guyot ($10/person a night, cash) before setting off for the sunset on the Bonds! Whoever’s up for it can come with me to see the sunrise over the Bonds the next morning before we head back north (skipping Hale in favor of the Zealand trail down) and back home to Boston by the evening.

There will be a mandatory pretrip meeting on Thursday, September 5 at 5:15pm at the MITOC office (right before the social)!

If there is enough interest (and another leader and another car), I’ll expand this trip to 8 total participants. If you’re interested in leading this trip with me or have questions, please send me an email. (Response may be delayed over the long weekend.)

This trip is obviously weather dependent. If the weather is going to be terrible...we’ll think about it.

Itinerary: Friday night: * leave Boston, drive to Zealand campground for the night

Saturday: *0430: wake up, pack up camp *0500: start on Hale Brook Trail * summit Hale (+ 2.2 miles) * stop at Zealand falls hut if needed (+ 2.9 miles) * summit Zealand (+3.1 miles) * summit Guyot (+1.3 miles) * set up camp at Guyot campsite, drop everything off and hang out (+1 mile) * go see the sunset off West Bond/Bondcliff (+0.7/1.7 miles) * return to Guyot campsite for the night

Sunday: * catch the Bondcliff sunrise * pack up at Guyot campsite * summit Guyot (+1 mile) * summit Zealand (+1.3 miles) * pass by Zealand falls hut if needed (+3miles) * take zealand brook/goose XC trail down (+3.5 miles) * return to Boston by evening