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TRIPYRAMIDS RAMBLE: 7/30/18
A leisurely loop over the Trips via the South Slide/Scaur Ridge combo, with a few side excursions along the way.Fireweed blooming at the Depot Camp clearing, East Osceola in the background.A short side...
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CHIPPEWA TRAIL: 8/2/18
On a muggy morning Carol and I went partway up the Chippewa Trail on Black Mountain in Benton to find a couple of geocaches.Sign at the trailhead on Lime Kiln Rd. The first geocache was at the Lime...
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NEIL LUCKHURST'S "PROJECT 100" eBOOK
Last winter I was one of many avid followers of "Project 100,"an epic three-month journey through the Adirondack 100 Highest peaks accomplished (with a little help from his friends) by...
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DOG DAY HIKE TO NOON PEAK: 8/6/18
Hot and oppressively humid, truly the dog days of summer. Got out for a half day hike to Noon Peak and ledges farther along the Sandwich Mountain Trail.After dropping down to cross Drakes Brook, the...
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RAVINE OF AVALANCHES: 8/10/18
On a glorious summer day I enjoyed a leisurely bushwhack up the ravine on the north side of North Tripyramid, exploring remnants of a series of slides that fell in 1885 - during the same August storm...
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EAST OSCEOLA SLIDE: 8/13/18
A morning hike into Upper Greeley Pond from the Kanc and then a bushwhack partway up alongside the old (1892) slide on the steep slope of East Osceola.Upper Greeley Pond from the Greeley Ponds...
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SW RIDGE, MOUNT KANCAMAGUS: 8/16/18
An interesting and at times scratchy bushwhack up the SW ridge of Mount Kancamagus to two sets of cliffs, including a wild, lofty flume at the K1 Cliff.The two cliffs, with the SW cliffs on the right...
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OSCEOLAS TRAVERSE: 8/21/18
A trek with Mark Klim from Tripoli Road to the Kanc over Mt. Osceola and East Osceola, with two bushwhack diversions along the way. Thanks to Carol for picking us up at the end of the day.A WMNF...
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GOODRICH ROCK: 8/23/18
A morning hike to claim four new geocaches in Waterville Valley (thanks, nhraven!). The Davis Boulders and Goodrich Rock, the largest glacial erratic in the Valley, are always fun to visit.Good rock...
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DRAKES BROOK: 8/28/18
The day was too H-H-H for significant climbing or bushwhacking. (Dew point = 71!) Better to ramble up a valley, in this case on the Drakes Brook Trail, in a search (unsuccessful) for a remote logging...
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BREADTRAY BASIN: 8/30/18
Mark Klim and I spent an interesting day exploring the expansive basin on the SW side of Mt. Osceola, drained by a major branch of Eastman Brook. As it is partly enclosed by Osceola's Breadtray Ridge,...
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BREADTRAY RAMBLE: 9/4/18
A return to the interesting Breadtray Basin area on the SW side of Mt. Osceola. After ascending a ridge to a big rock slab with a view over the valley, I dropped into the basin for some more...
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MOUNT FLUME: 9/7/18
I was looking for big views on a fine cool late summer day, and found plenty on a loop over Mount Flume, up the Osseo Trail from Lincoln Woods and down the former route of the Osseo Trail over...
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ADIRONDACKS: ROUND/TWIN PONDS AND LEDGE, 9/12/18
After the long drive (with ferry ride), the first hike of a quick two-night getaway to the Adirondacks.From Rt. 73 I made the short hike up the Round Pond-Dix Trail to beautiful Round Pond. A campsite...
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ADIRONDACKS: NYE AND STREET MOUNTAINS, 9/13/18
Morning fog burned off for a spectacular day to hike a pair of the Adirondack 46 high peaks. By ADK standards, a moderate hike, but the upper part of the herd path was rough and fairly slow going both...
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ADIRONDACKS: THE COBBLE MOUNTAIN, 9/14/18
The Adirondacks are loaded with small, ledgy peaks offering great views, many of them without trails. For a getaway hike on my brief ADK trip, I made a short but steep bushwhack from a lonely dirt road...
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BLACK MOUNTAIN POND: 9/20/18
On a gray day my brother Drew and I took a leisurely ramble to this lovely pond in the shadow of Sandwich Dome's Black Mountain. Our route started on the Sandwich Notch Road (overall in decent shape...
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HEDGEHOG MOUNTAIN: 9/24/18
A customer told me of some new blowdowns on my adopted section of the UNH Trail (thank you, Bob!), and Monday turned out to be a fine sunny fall day for blowdown patrol, scuffing out some drainages and...
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MOUNT MOOSILAUKE: 9/27/18
There's no better place to be on a day of 100-mile visibility. Did the quiet longer loop up the Asquam-Ridge Trail and Beaver Brook Trail and down the Carriage Road and Snapper Trail.Following the...
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TUNNEL BROOK NOTCH: 10/3/18
On a persistently foggy day Mark Klim and I ambled up the Tunnel Brook Trail to the chain of beaver ponds in Tunnel Brook Notch (between Mt. Moosilauke and Mt. Clough) and made a short, steep bushwhack...
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