Most of the paths described in this guide are old village paths. Before the roads came, you would travel between the villages using these paths, e.g. to trade, to visit family, to a Thing (local assembly) (page 58) or to church. Village paths were also used when the coffins of the dead were carried to the nearest church. The paths are marked with ancient cairns, a heap of stones set up as a la…
The access trail begins at the signed junction on the Phillips road for the Ski Lake Trail, and climbs up, paralleling the road through open forest. It continues to climb steeply up an open hillside until cresting and leveling out. Here it winds through thick forest until coming out to a large open meadow where it crosses a bridge. Just past here you will reach the junction for the Phillips Pas…