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Snows Mountain Bushwhack: 12/16/19
Taking advantage of the current combination of bare ground/thin cover down low and hard-frozen snow above 2000 ft. - excellent conditions for bushwhacking - I returned to the Snows Brook valley and did...
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Slide Brook Snowshoe Ramble: 1/2/20
With a head cold, didn't have much gas in the tank, so I opted for a leisurely snowshoe trek up along Tripyramid's Slide Brook, via Livermore Trail and the South Peak branch of Mt. Tripyramid Trail....
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Hedgehog East Ledges & Beyond: 1/7/20
A snowshoe trek to the East Ledges of Hedgehog Mountain, a longtime favorite objective, followed by a bushwhack down through the Oliverian Brook basin to the Passaconaway Cutoff. Returned via the...
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Jennings Peak: 1/9/20
Waited out the winds, and with a late morning start was able to enjoy a wondrous winter afternoon snowshoeing to this fine viewpoint on Sandwich Dome.Crossed Drakes Brook on a decent snow bridge (soon...
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Acteon Ridge: 1/14/20
After the thaw, bushwhacking had more appeal than icy trails with frozen postholes and sketchy stream crossings. Off-trail conditions were "variable" on this trek to several viewpoints along a favorite...
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Upper Greeley Pond: 1/17/20
A mid/late afternoon snowshoe into cold winter beauty. Broke trail up the Greeley Ponds XC Ski Trail, as the Greeley Ponds hiking trail parking lot is not being plowed this winter, and the walk up the...
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Black Mountain Pond: 1/21/20
Great day of snowshoeing to this remote backcountry pond with Mark Klim and Ray "Jazzbo" Caron. By pure happenstance, at the start of our bushwhack off Sandwich Notch Road we ran into Fred Lavigne,...
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Sandwich Dome: 1/23/20
Didn't have time for the summit of the Dome after climbing Jennings Peak two weeks ago, so I returned to Drakes Brook Trail for some unfinished business. Excellent snowshoeing despite some "bareboot...
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West Sleeper Slide: 1/29/20
A bushwhack/trail/bushwhack trek into a remote corner of the Sabbaday Brook valley with Ray "Jazzbo" Caron. Our objective was the huge slide on the NE flank of West Sleeper unleashed by Tropical Storm...
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Mt. Passaconaway from the Kanc: 1/31/20
A longer, more varied and much less traveled route to this Sandwich Range giant than Dicey's Mill Trail, using six different trails. Afterwards, I realized that I have now climbed a Northeast...
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"Tecumseh Ledges": 2/3/20
A snowshoe bushwhack to one of the forgotten places in Waterville Valley, an interesting band of ledge hidden in the forest on a SE spur of Mt. Tecumseh.The ledges (lower left) were shown as a point of...
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Downes Brook (Passaconaway) Slide: 2/5/20
Snow conditions were good for a snowshoe ramble with Ray "Jazzbo" Caron up Downes Brook Trail and the open slabs of the Downes Brook Slide on the north flank of Mt. Passaconaway.We weren't sure what...
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Beaver Brook Trail: 2/9/20
Cold but beautiful winter morning for a before-work snowshoe partway up along the Beaver Brook Cascades.Morning sun illuminates ice-glazed hardwoods.The Dartmouth Outing Club has constructed a railing...
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Northwest Slide, Mt. Passaconaway: 2/12/20
A snowshoe bushwhack with Mark K. and Dennis P. (peakbagger on Views from the Top) to a huge snowy slab on the NW flank of Mt. Passaconaway.The slab and slide can be seen from the outlook on North...
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Potash Mountain: 2/14/20
A stellar day with sunshine, views and superb snowshoeing conditions. Had this little gem of a 52WAV mountain to myself, and despite temperatures in the single numbers, the sun was warm enough to sit...
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Greeley Ponds & East Osceola 1897 Slide: 2/17/20
Took a half-day plus off for a snowshoe wander in Mad River Notch. The Greeley Ponds were in their winter glory, and the bushwhack halfway up the old slide provided views and abundant snowy beauty.The...
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Scaur Ridge: 2/20/20
Had been thinking about heading up to Tripyramid's Scaur Ridge, but with nearly a foot of new snow that wasn't going to happen...until that evening when Rick Simmons posted a report on the New England...
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Tripyramid North Slide, East Fork: 2/24/20
A slide exploration with Dan Newton, avid backcountry skier, and his canine companion, Friday. We went partway up the east fork of Tripyramid's North Slide for views and a downhill run for Dan. By...
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Friday Rambling: 2/28/20
Carol and I enjoyed two short hikes, a geocaching loop on hardpacked trails in Ashland's Whitten Woods and a late-day snowshoe jaunt up the Drakes Brook Trail in Waterville Valley.Whitten Woods is...
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Morning Visit to 1892 East Osceola Slide: 3/1/20
With fresh powder, blue skies and a dreary forecast ahead, took the morning off for a snowshoe trek to old favorite Upper Greeley Pond and partway up the 1892 slide on East Osceola.East Osceola from...
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