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WINNOCTURN · 01-20-2009, 03:32 PM

Hazelnut,

First welcome back! Yes the trails have improver quite a bit from when you last rode and so have the sleds we ride today.

We have lost access to the Swallow Point trail and that is why you can not get from the Power Line trail directly to the Kona trail. There is still local access at Kona Farm rd on to Morill. There are actually three points of entry in to the Kona trail. As Lg stated Braun Bay (when the ice is safe) from the King’s Court and the Far Echo Trail.
King’s Court is actually the Trail Head for people in the Kona and Long Point area. In order to access the Far Echo Trial you need to come down Moultonboro Bay to a spot just before Camp Tecumseh. There is a trail head off the lake that connects to the Far Echo trail. If you go left you will you will end up at the Far Echo beach and can get on the Lake at that point. If you go right, the trail will take you back to the Kona Forest and the LOOP trail. You will cross the Neck Rd at the Pine Woods Camp ground, follow the trial to the “sand pit”. As you go through the gate you are now in the Kona Forest. There is a three way intersection some fifty feet from the gate. The trail to the left goes to Braun Bay, the trail to the right is the “LOOP”. If you go straight through you can do the LOOP in reverse, go to Kings Court or follow the trail to Kona Farm Rd. We have also done some significant trail work on the “109” side of the trail system between Skellys and the Castle.

See map below, Follow RED dotted Lines

Enjoy our Trails

George

WINNOCTURN

01-20-2009, 03:32 PM	#3
WINNOCTURN Deceased Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Moultonboro Posts: 849 Thanks: 350 Thanked 351 Times in 193 Posts	Kona Loop Trail Hazelnut, First welcome back! Yes the trails have improver quite a bit from when you last rode and so have the sleds we ride today. We have lost access to the Swallow Point trail and that is why you can not get from the Power Line trail directly to the Kona trail. There is still local access at Kona Farm rd on to Morill. There are actually three points of entry in to the Kona trail. As Lg stated Braun Bay (when the ice is safe) from the King’s Court and the Far Echo Trail. King’s Court is actually the Trail Head for people in the Kona and Long Point area. In order to access the Far Echo Trial you need to come down Moultonboro Bay to a spot just before Camp Tecumseh. There is a trail head off the lake that connects to the Far Echo trail. If you go left you will you will end up at the Far Echo beach and can get on the Lake at that point. If you go right, the trail will take you back to the Kona Forest and the LOOP trail. You will cross the Neck Rd at the Pine Woods Camp ground, follow the trial to the “sand pit”. As you go through the gate you are now in the Kona Forest. There is a three way intersection some fifty feet from the gate. The trail to the left goes to Braun Bay, the trail to the right is the “LOOP”. If you go straight through you can do the LOOP in reverse, go to Kings Court or follow the trail to Kona Farm Rd. We have also done some significant trail work on the “109” side of the trail system between Skellys and the Castle. See map below, Follow RED dotted Lines Enjoy our Trails George WINNOCTURN Attached Images