What is a Trail Angel? Trail Angels are those people, now departed, who worked in the background, getting support and funding for trail projects. This year, we lost two trail visionaries — Steve Swenson and Joe Berry. Because of their efforts and abilities to galvanize the Mount Washington Valley community, Phase I of the Mount Washington Valley Rec Path was completed. It was the first step to realizing the dream of creating a valley-wide multi-use non-motorized trail.
I first met Steve Swenson when we moved to the valley in 1989. He was Bartlett’s school psychologist when I taught there and was always friendly and helpful. Outside of school, he introduced me to his passions of biking and cross-country skiing.
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