Many hikers recoiled with horror nearly five years ago when logging crews cut down 65 acres of trees at Stonington’s Hoffman Evergreen Preserve, making it look as if a hurricane had ripped through se.
The three-mile, figure-eight route meanders through the heart of the Green Falls Rift Valley, a hilly, rocky swath crisscrossed by streams, and dotted with
Snowshoers at the Knox Preserve in Stonington on Dec. 19. (Betsy Graham)
Published January 14. 2021 10:50AM By
Steve Fagin
While merrily tramping along on snowshoes one glittering morning in mid-December, and then gliding on cross-country skis later that afternoon, little did I know I would still be waiting a month later to enjoy favorite winter activities again.
“A great start to the season!” I remember calling over to my son, Tom, and our friend, Phil Warner, as we schussed for miles on unpaved roads at Pachaug State Forest in Voluntown that were covered with nearly a foot of fresh snow.
Phil agreed.