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LATE OCTOBER: TRAIL WORK AND A FAVORITE BUSHWHACK
During the last full week of October I finished up the fall maintenance on my adopted trails, with a little help from my friends. I also enjoyed a hike and bushwhack to some favorite ledges on the...
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HIGH WATER IN THE WHITES: 10/30/17
We haven't seen anything like this since Tropical Storm Irene. Thanks to all the first responders and road and power crews for their heroic efforts in the aftermath of the storm.For a short time this...
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UNH TRAIL: 11/1/17
I spent a gray, chilly day assessing damage from the recent storm on the UNH Trail loop over Hedgehog Mountain and clearing some of the many blowdowns.I encountered a group of blowdowns on the railroad...
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EAST RATTLESNAKE: 11/5/17
On a chilly gray morning Carol and I got out for a hike up East Rattlesnake by Squam Lake, grabbing two geocaches along the way.We passed this beaver pond along the quiet, attractive Col Trail. Mt....
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PINE ISLAND TRAIL: 11/7/17
Back in the summer of 2011, Carol and I adopted this delightful trail at Lincoln Woods, which meanders along the East Branch with many views of the river and surrounding mountains. A few weeks after we...
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BLOWDOWN REMOVAL WITH A SIDE OF SQUARE LEDGE: 11/8/17
Mark Klim and I headed out for Passaconaway Cutoff, the adopted trail of the AMC 4000-Footer Committee, to check for storm damage. A report had been posted on Facebook the previous evening noting that...
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NOVEMBER RAMBLING: 11/15/17
Mark Klim and I spent a leisurely partly sunny day wandering some low elevation trails in the Sandwich area.On our first ramble we started at Mead Base at the foot of Mt. Israel and walked the short...
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KETTLES PATH TO THE SCAUR, 11/17/17
I took the afternoon off for a blowdown-check hike up the Kettles Path to The Scaur, a favorite spot in Waterville Valley. After a dismal morning with lousy driving conditions it turned into a...
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SOUTH SIDE OF CHOCORUA, 11/21/17
Bare ground rambling in the leafless hardwoods is, to my mind, the best of November. On a sunny, 40ish day I found bare ground hardwoods on the lower south slopes of Mt. Chocorua, along with fine views...
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FIVE FINGER POINT: 11/23/17
Carol and I enjoyed a quiet 3 1/2 mile Thanksgiving walk at this beautiful location on Squam Lake.There is a new start for the trails leaving Pinehurst Road at the base of West Rattlesnake. There is...
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WHERE THE RIVER FLOWS: 11/26/17
Carol and I took a morning walk up the Lincoln Woods Trail to have a look at where much of the flow of the East Branch was diverted into Pine Island Brook during the Halloween storm, making the Pine...
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ACTEON LEDGES TOUR: 11/30/17
I enjoyed an excellent loop tour of several favorite ledges on the lower end of Acteon Ridge (Smarts Brook area) with Mark Klim and Dave Rogan. We took in a great variety of scenery on a fine sunny day...
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CRAWFORD NOTCH RAMBLE: 12/4/17
After tending to mail orders in the morning, I headed over to Crawford Notch for an afternoon trail-and-bushwhack ramble to check out damage on the lower Dry River and visit a clifftop with views up...
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CONE MOUNTAIN: 12/8/17
On a gray day with drifting flurries, Mark Klim and I made a bushwhack traverse over this low but rugged neighbor of Welch and Dickey Mountains, enjoying some fine views along the way.From the...
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DICKEY MOUNTAIN LEDGES: 12/11/17
I had a few hours free in the afternoon and headed up to two ledges on Dickey Mountain, one off-trail and one on-trail.Oak branches reach for a mottled sky on the Dickey Mountain side of the...
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SMARTS BROOK SNOWSHOEING: 12/14/17
With an afternoon free and 13" of fresh snow on the ground (but no base) it was time to break out the snowshoes and hit some smooth, non-rocky trails.Unbroken snow on the Tri-Town Trail.First snowshoe...
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MOUNT TECUMSEH: 12/21/17
Mark Klim and I had planned to do some bushwhacking in the Goodrich Rock area, but the blue skies and snow-caked mountains prompted a change of plan, and we ended up snowshoeing up Mount Tecumseh for...
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DICKEY MOUNTAIN: 1/3/18
Mark Klim and I took advantage of a break from the Arctic blast for a leisurely snowshoe hike up Dickey Mountain. It turned out to be a magnificent winter day for one of the best (when snow conditions...
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UPPER GREELEY POND: 1/8/18
A morning snowshoe jaunt into wild and beautiful Mad River Notch with temps in the balmy teens.Vehicle of a well-known hiker, doing the Osceolas.Greeley Ponds Trail had a perfect snowshoe track.The...
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MOUNT TOM: 1/10/18
Mark Klim and I found deep snowpack, great snowshoeing, a winter wonderland forest, and terrific views on the northernmost peak of the Willey Range. It was a gorgeous winter day with temperatures up...
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