“Norwich-When town officials declared the Gile Mountain fire tower off limits last summer, Upper Valley hikers lost access to one of the most sweeping views in the area.

This foliage season, those views should be back:The tower will be reopened following some repairs for safety this summer...

Efforts this summer will also include the design of a new trail...to give skiers and mountain bikers a gentler climb. The new trail will be designed by John Morton, a Thetford resident famous as a Dartmouth College ski coach, biathlon competitor and six-time Olympian.

Morton designs Nordic ski trails for international clients. He is, Frishtick said, a ‘wonderful resource, and he happens to be in our backyard.’”