Blue Job Mountain

Sorry for the delay in posting about this hike, we had some technical difficulties.

Last Sunday Scott, Pat, and I headed to Strafford for the climb. The mountain was more of a steep hill and the climb up was pretty uneventful. The summit was below the tree line, but once we climbed the fire tower we had some great views.


On the way down the mountain we decided to explore a little and took a chance on a trail that we hoped would bring us back to our car by a different route. This alternative trail was much more interesting than the climb up. We walked through a mountaintop blueberry habitat that the state periodically burns to encourage growth. I don't really know how that works, but I though it was pretty interesting.

There were lots of blueberry bushes there with no berries and some berries that were blue but didn't look like traditional blueberries, so I wasn't about to test them out. We spoke with a woman in the habitat who said the whole area is just totally blue when they are in season and that she had just been there earlier in the month picking them. We also asked her if she thought the trail we were on might take us to a parking lot. She said no, but pointed us in the right direction. From there we left the blueberry habitat and headed through the woods and luckily ended up on the right path and back to our car.

It was a fun trip and if anyone else was considering going there I would definitely recommend taking the longer route to the top and going at the peak of blueberry season.