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Mad River Notch Snow Globe: 1/21/21
With snow in the forecast, stayed close to home and snowshoed into Mad River Notch to visit the Greeley Ponds and the lowest open slabs on two East Osceola slides. It snowed from late morning on,...
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Downes Brook Slide: 1/26/21
Climbing the Downes Brook Slide on the north side of Mt. Passaconaway is becoming an annual winter trek for me. With good cover, it's an enjoyable and at times challenging place to snowshoe. For this...
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East Fork, Tripyramid North Slide: 1/28/21
Confessions of a slide junkie: a return snowshoe journey to Avalanche Ravine and the East Fork of Tripyramid's North Slide, to see it and to partly ascend it in the depth of winter. Livermore Trail was...
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Mt. Moosilauke: 2/1/21
Climbed an old favorite ahead of an oncoming snowstorm. A pretty quiet day on the Moose with fine winter scenery and excellent views, including interesting looks at the slow advance of the storm cloud...
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Mt. Tecumseh: 2/8/21
A cold day with very fine views on an old standby.A good snowshoe track on the Mount Tecumseh Trail, with a new soft layer on top. Â The landmark yellow birch near the upper end of the hardwoods.A snow...
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The Scaur: 2/11/21
Got to do some trail breaking on an afternoon snowshoe jaunt up the Kettles Path in Waterville Valley.Interpretive sign along the Livermore Trail, prepared by Waterville resident Charles...
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East Osceola Slide: 2/15/21
 Snowshoed partway up the East Osceola slide above Upper Greeley Pond. The slide had recently served as a playground for backcountry skiers and the snow conditions were firm and grippy.Snow depth in...
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Potash Mountain: 2/18/21
Enjoyed a leisurely snowshoe trip to a favorite smaller mountain, which offers marvelous views on a clear day. Though the stats for the climb of Potash are modest - 4.4 miles round trip with 1450 ft....
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Cannon Mountain: 2/24/21
On a day projected to hit 40 degrees in the valleys, higher elevation and a trail out of the sun promised the best snow conditions. That proved to be the case on the Kinsman Ridge Trail to Cannon...
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Scaur Ridge Snowshoe Ramble: 2/26/21
On one of the few bluebird days of this winter, I enjoyed a stellar backcountry snowshoe journey in the Scaur Ridge area on the NW side of North Tripyramid. Abundant sunshine, great snowshoeing...
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Snowshoeing on the Southwest Side of Tripyramid: 3/3/21
It was gloomy up north and the Kanc Highway was closed, so back to Waterville Valley for excellent backcountry snowshoeing on the SW side of Mt. Tripyramid. Broke trail up the Mount Tripyramid Trail to...
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Smarts Brook Snowshoe Ramble: 3/5/21
Seeking to avoid the biting north wind on this cold late winter day, I headed into the sheltered Smarts Brook valley on the SW side of Sandwich Dome. After a quick bareboot approach on the hard-packed...
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Whiteface Downes Brook Slides: 3/8/21
A visit to the massive slide on the north ridge of Mt. Whiteface, far up the Downes Brook valley, had been on my wish list for this winter. Postings by Tim Lucia and Pam Wilmot from a group hike to...
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Sunny Morning in Mad River Notch: 3/10/21
 I had the morning free on this gorgeous sunny, springlike day. Enjoyed a quick snowshoe hike into Mad River Notch, across Upper Greeley Pond, and up the lower part of the 1892 East Osceola Slide.There...
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Northwest Slide, Mt. Passaconaway: 3/16/21
There are days when everything aligns for a hike that will long stand out in the memory. On this Tuesday, the weather, the snow conditions, the company and the destination combined for the best hike...
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Mt. Osceola: 3/19/21
 The last day of winter was sunny, chilly and windy. The snow had set up pretty solidly for bushwhacking and my plan was to bushwhack to the big SW Slide on Mt. Osceola, starting off Tripoli Road. But...
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Ravine of Avalanches Slide Tour: 3/22/21
  I was hoping to get one last snowshoe bushwhack to a slide in before snow conditions went down the drain with the continuing March thaw and predicted rain at the end of the week. I was eyeing the...
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RITE OF SPRING: 3/25/21
 There comes a time every spring when crumbling, postholed monorails on-trail and mushy snow off-trail have me looking for bare ground. More often than not I first find it on the hardwood-clad south...
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Black Mountain Spring Bushwhack: 3/30/21
Teamed up with Ray "Jazzbo" Caron for a great spring bushwhack in the Smarts Brook area, ascending through a trailless bowl to a view ledge on the steep flank of Black Mountain. Bare ground and open...
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Acteon Ridge Ramble: 4/2/21
On a cold day with highs in the 20s I had hoped to do a snowshoe bushwhack on a firm base to some slides, but there were only a few patches at the trailhead and a test sample revealed grainy snow that...
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