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Passaconaway Cutoff & Nanamocomuck Slide: 5/24/21
 Second spring maintenance trip to Passaconaway Cutoff to clean drainages on the upper section and do some hobblebush and spruce brushing throughout, followed by a climb to the top of the short but...
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Dry River Trail: 5/27/21
If you're looking for a wilderness trail with a capital "W," the Dry River Trail fits the bill. This rough-hewn footpath leads up the long, remote, steep-sided valley between the Southern Presidentials...
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An Afternoon in Grafton Notch: 6/1/21
On a fine first day of June Carol and I made the long drive to Grafton Notch in western Maine for a multi-purpose trip: finding two geocaches for her Difficulty/Terrain geocaching Grid, and checking a...
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Tour of North Tripyramid: 6/2/21
A visit to Mt. Tripyramid is pretty much an annual affair for me. I hadn't been on the lower three miles of Pine Bend Brook Trail in eight years, so for this trip I chose a loop route over North...
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Passaconaway Slides: 6/7/21
On a sweltering sunny day I trekked into the Downes Brook valley and paid visits to a pair of slides on the flank of Mt. Passaconaway. After a visit to the lower slabs of the Downes Brook Slide on the...
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Enjoying the Views on Mt. Hale: 6/10/21
Huh? Yes, there are several excellent viewpoints on Mt. Hale. Unfortunately, the summit is not one of them. On a bluebird June day, I hiked the Hale Brook/Lend-a-Hand/Zealand loop over Mt. Hale and...
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Flume Brook Valley: 6/16/21
Spent a cool, partly sunny day wandering in the quiet and beautiful Flume Brook valley under the west side of Mt. Flume. Hiked up the Flume Slide Trail to the first ledge scramble, then dropped back...
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Afternoon Ramble Into Huntington Ravine: 6/17/21
On the second consecutive beautiful June day, Carol and I took a ride over to Pinkham Notch to find a geocache on the Tuckerman Ravine Trail that she needed for a challenge she is working on. (Sort of...
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Ammonoosuc Ravine Slides: 6/23/21
This adventure on a cool, breezy partly sunny day took me 2.1 miles up the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail to Gem Pool, to see how the 2017 Halloween Storm impacted the trail. From there I rock-hopped up the...
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Tripyramid South Slides: 6/24/21
On a gorgeous sunny day I took an afternoon stroll out to a favorite destination, the South Slides of Mount Tripyramid. After a lot of rock hopping in Ammonoosuc Ravine the day before, the smooth...
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East Ponds Loop: 6/29/21
A favorite five-mile loop on a warm, sunny and very humid morning. Saw no other hikers on the entire hike.Smooth walking on the grade of the early 1900s Woodstock & Thornton Gore Railroad on the...
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Tom-Field-Avalon: 7/7/21
It had been quite a few years since I'd hiked Mt. Tom and Mt. Field in the summer. All of my recent visits had been in winter, when deep snowpack opens good views on these wooded peaks. I was curious...
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Upper Greeley Pond: 7/11/21
A quick morning hike on the Greeley Ponds Trail into Mad River Notch.The WMNF Pemi District trail crew recently built some new bog bridges along a muddy section of the trail. Nice work!Beavers have...
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Cedar Brook Loop, with a Side of Slide: 7/15/21
On a partly sunny, hot and humid day I took a long tour through the south-central part of the Pemigewasset Wilderness, starting at the Hancock Overlook trailhead at the hairpin turn on the Kanc...
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Morning Walk to Avalanche Ravine: 7/20/21
Took a long morning walk out to one of my favorite places, Avalanche Ravine on the NW side of Mt. Tripyramid.At the Depot Camp clearing, it seemed fitting that fireweed was blooming on a day when smoke...
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Owl's Head: 7/22/21
I last visited Owl's Head five years ago, and with a new edition of the AMC White Mountain Guide in the works, I wanted to check on the condition of the Owl's Head Path to the summit and visit a new...
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Franconia Brook Trail: 7/26/21
Took a long morning walk from Lincoln Woods out to Franconia Brook Trail on a humid smoke-haze day. The main purpose was to check out reported beaver flooding in the section south of Hellgate...
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Carrigain Notch and Beyond: 7/28/21
On one of the rare nice days this July, Ray "Jazzbo" Caron and I took a long walk out through Carrigain Notch and down into the eastern Pemi Wilderness. In addition to immersing ourselves in the...
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Speckled Mountain Traverse: 8/3/21
On a fine summer day Carol and I made the long drive over to western Maine where she spent a fun day geocaching and provided shuttle service for me to do a scenic traverse over Speckled Mountain via...
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Eagle Pass & Eagle Cliff Slide: 8/6/21
A smoke-hazy, humid morning jaunt up the Greenleaf Trail to Eagle Pass, with a side trip up the Eagle Cliff Slide on the way down.On the climb up to the Pass, which unfortunately is plagued with...
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