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August 6, 2017. Hiking Day Six: Stark to Old Hermit Shelter

Bald Mountain Notch Trail, Rowell Link, Old Summer Club Trail, South Percy Peak Spur (me), Percy Loop Trail, Trio Trail, Pond Brook Falls Trail, Westside ATV Trail, Sugarloaf Arm Trail 13.7 miles (14.7 for me) with around 2800 feet of elevation gain. After a delicious breakfast at the Stark Village Inn, we got a ride from Nancy back to the trail off Percy Road and got a 7:30am start.  Nancy took this photo of the three of us before we began our day's hike. The climb up Bald Mountain Notch Trail is gradual, and, before we knew it, we had passed the summit of Bald Mountain to our left.  Rowells Link takes you down a couple hundred feet to the Old Summer Club Trail, and then Old Summer Club Trail takes you gently to the base of South Percy, where the trail then becomes moderately steep. There's a short and steep scramble section or two not far from where the trail intersects with Percy Peaks Trail. We reached the intersection with Pe