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A view of the icicles that hung from the wall inside the mine. In some places they extended down more than 20 feet.
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Justin peeks into the gorge we found near Round Hill Pond. Upon further investigation, we determine that it is actually a mine.
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The GPS signals were too weak to get a fix, so check the map to see the location of this very old mine.
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These icicles were about 15 ft long!
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Though we were warned by a friendly local woman about the possibility of bears being in the area, curiosity got the better of us and we had every intention of walking through this hidden "little canyon". However, the swampy, somewhat deep water at the bottom of the gorge kept us out, for now. UPDATE: This is actually a mine.
See Chester Mine
Upon further research, I believe this is called Wright Mine
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It looks as though a large ice sheet recently broke away and revealed this little pond that lies within Blair Brook.
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A closeup of an unusual waterfall and surrounding ice at Blair Brook.
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This gorge twists and turns for about 200 ft and is only 3 ft wide with over a 20 ft drop in some places!
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The bitter cold and 50 MPH wind gusts thwarted our plans of reaching the summit of Little Round Top.
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The spraying water has covered everything with a thick layer of ice.
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This tree almost fell on the truck as I was driving on Rt. 20 in Russell.
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A view from the bottom of the far end of the gorge. This end was accessible and did not have water flowing through the bottom.
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Ice on the inner walls of the mine
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Blair Brook runs beneath this icicle covered branch. Deceiving snow covered ice sheets covered a good portion of the brook.
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The fast moving water appears from out of the ice that covers most of the brook this time of year.
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Strong winds took this tree down on Rt. 20 in Russell.
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The north end of the mine.
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These two rocks got our attention and led us off the path towards the mine which starts about 100 yards from Blair Brook.
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The mine is nearly invisible when walking through the forest surrounding Blair Brook. This is Justin preparing to walk across pile of rocks and other debris that have become jammed midway through.
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