This was easy because all we had to do was head off-trail just below the hut at the junction of the Zealand and Ethan Pond Trails. We headed east to get away from the dense coniferous growth on the west side of that slope. We headed towards the open birch glades where we could move more efficiently, or so we thought. When got to the birch glades we found they were grown in densely with a shrub about four feet high called ‘witch hobble’ or simply hobble bush,