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PASSACONAWAY BEAVER POND: 3/29/18
A fine spring morning for a snowshoe trek to a favorite off-trail old beaver pond in the Oliverian Brook valley with an imposing view up to Mt. Passaconaway.A sign of spring along the Oliverian Brook...
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DICKEY MOUNTAIN BUSHWHACK: 4/2/18
A crisp spring afternoon for a bare-ground hardwood bushwhack up through the bowl between Welch and Dickey Mountains. Endless views from the summit of Dickey.I hiked partway up the Welch side of the...
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ACTEON PEAK LOOP: 4/5/18
A sunny, cold and windy day for a bushwhack loop over a favorite little peak and view ledges on Acteon Ridge (a spur ridge of Sandwich Dome). Conditions were a typical mixed spring bag with bare ground...
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BALD KNOB RAMBLE: 4/9/18
I enjoyed another bushwhack loop on lower Acteon Ridge on a sunny, but cold and windy spring day. I thought of doing a wintry hike to a higher summit, but it would have been a short stay up top. So as...
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CAMPTON RANGE RAMBLE: 4/11/18
On a 40ish day I repeated a favorite April bushwhack (for the third time in three years) over several bumps on the north ridge of Mt. Weetamoo in the Campton Range, starting from Sandwich Notch Road....
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SPRING FOR A DAY: 4/13/18
With several days of dismal weather in the forecast, today was the day to get out for a few hours and return to an area where I knew the bushwhacking would be snow-free, on the south spur of Bald...
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CAMPTON MOUNTAIN SNOWSHOE BUSHWHACK: 4/18/18
There was no bare ground to be found after the inch of dense, heavy sleet from Monday's storm, so it was back to the snowshoes for a very interesting bushwhack to Campton Mountain in the Campton Range,...
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CATSKILLS: ESCARPMENT TRAIL, 4/22/18
After a fun and busy night at the Four Thousand Footer Club annual awards ceremony at the high school in Exeter, NH - with more than 700 people in attendance - and a late night stay-over in Auburn, MA,...
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CATSKILLS: BURNT KNOB, 4/23/18
The mellow hike up to Burnt Knob (3180 ft.) on the northern part of the Escarpment Trail is one of the best moderate hikes in the Catskills, with three fine viewpoints, each with a unique perspective...
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CATSKILLS: BEAVER KILL RANGE, 4/23/18
On another fine spring day, I joined bushwhacking buddy Mark Klim, who had come down to the Catskills from his Massachusetts home for a couple of days, for an off-trail adventure to the Beaver Kill...
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CATSKILLS: PEEKAMOOSE ROAD GEOCACHING, 4/25/18
On a rainy day, Carol and I drove down to Peekamoose Road for some geocaching and waterfall viewing. This road is a narrow, winding route through a gorge carved out by Rondout Creek on the southern...
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CATSKILLS: THOMAS COLE MOUNTAIN - SOUTH RIDGE, 4/26/18
Each of the three peaks of the Blackhead Range has a long ridge extending south towards the Colgate Lake area. These can best be studied from the fields at Colgate Lake, as shown below. I've made two...
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MOUNT WEETAMOO LOOP: 5/1/18
A pretty nice spring day for an interesting bushwhack to the highest summit in the Campton Range. I went up the long, curving NE ridge and down through the bowl of Chickenboro Brook.Springtime and the...
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MIDSUMMER IN EARLY MAY: 5/2/18
Following a generally cold and raw early spring, suddenly it was sunny and in the 80s. After a morning of yard work, I took a lazy afternoon bushwhack hike to a favorite view ledge on the Campton Range...
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CHICKENBORO LOOP, 5/7/18
I enjoyed a leisurely late afternoon loop over Chickenboro Brook Hill, a low peak in the Campton Range, passing by remains from an 1800s settlement and stopping at a scenic beaver meadow. Most of the...
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HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN (EVANS NOTCH): 5/8/18
I enjoyed a beautiful spring day for a bushwhack to clifftop ledges overlooking Haystack Notch in the Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness, a quiet corner of the WMNF in western Maine.The approach was...
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UNH TRAIL WORK: 5/9/18
 Spring maintenance trip on the west half of the UNH Trail to Hedgehog Mountain. Big thanks to Mark Klim (who toughed it out on a very sore foot) as we put in a full day with 36 drainages cleaned and...
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MOUNT WEETAMOO, NW RIDGE: 5/11/18
A perfect cool, crisp spring morning for a logging road walk and bushwhack to revisit a ridge with some interesting features.Nice walking along Chickenboro Road (FR 206).The WMNF maintains a wildlife...
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WEST RIDGE OF CHOCORUA: 5/14/18
A gorgeous spring day for a bushwhack to ledges and wetlands on the broad western shoulder of Mt. Chocorua.The classic Chocorua Lake vista.In Chocorua Mountain Club country.Big step stones make this...
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UPPER HALL POND RAMBLE: 5/16/18
Another gorgeous spring day, ideal for a leisurely tour around beautiful Upper Hall Pond in Sandwich Notch, followed by a bushwhack to view ledges on the steep flank of East Weetamoo.I parked 2 miles...
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