Word: mahoosuc
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...course, these 14-to-17-year-olds won't be traversing the entire forest, which skips back and forth across the New Hampshire-Maine border. Most of the action in this $1400 program will occur in the rugged Mahoosuc Range. They'll construct "water bars" from felled timber or rocks to divert water from the trails, and create rock-filled wood boxes, called cribs, to raise the treadways above marsh lines. They may even repair the Appalachian Trail, which runs through the middle of the range...
Their reward will be lessons in rock climbing and hikes to high valleys, including spectacular Mahoosuc Notch. There, they just might get to taste the fruit of the cloudberry bush. One plant produces just one berry, which tastes sweeter than a boysenberry. They'll also find ice caves where they can retreat from the sun--unless there's a July snowfall that day (it's happened). Canoeing on the Rangeley Lakes affords stunning views and a chance to glimpse the moose, ospreys and bald eagles that inhabit the shores...
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