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MOUNT WEETAMOO: 4/6/16Mark Klim and I enjoyed a very interesting bushwhack to the highest summit in the trailless Campton Range on the southern frontier of the WMNF. After 30+ years of bushwhacking...
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LOON POND MOUNTAIN CASCADES: 4/12/16After a couple days of gloomy weather, I went for a late day "backyard" exploration to some "lost" cascades on the western flank of Loon Mountain. In the late...
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SANDWICH NOTCH EXPLORATION: 4/13/16After a great initial ramble in the trailless Campton Range last week with Mark Klim, I wanted to return for some more exploration. The recent snow was all melted,...
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CATSKILLS - ELM RIDGE TRAIL: 4/17/16After a fun night at the Four Thousand Footer Club annual awards ceremony in Stratham, NH and a stay-over in historic Sturbridge, MA, , Carol and I headed to New...
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CATSKILLS - DOUBLETOP MOUNTAIN: 4/18/16With a beautiful but very warm forecast on tap for Monday, I opted to head for one of the more remote of the "trailless" Catskill 3500 peaks, 3860-ft. Doubletop...
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CATSKILLS - PECOY NOTCH: 4/19/16Carol and I enjoyed a hike to Pecoy Notch, the deep gap between Twin and Sugarloaf Mountains, on a sunny and breezy afternoon. The Pecoy Notch Trail is one of our...
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CATSKILLS - NORTH DOME & MOUNT SHERRILL: 4/20/16 On a spectacular spring day I joined Laurie Rankin, Secretary of the Catskill 3500 Club and one of the most accomplished and knowledgeable hikers in...
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CATSKILLS - DIAMOND NOTCH & WINDHAM PATH: 4/21/16 On a sunny and somewhat hazy Thursday we took a relatively easy hike in to Diamond Notch in the Hunter-West Kill Wilderness. This 3 1/2 mile round...
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CATSKILLS - KAATERSKILL FALLS AREA: 4/22/16On a muggy Friday with scattered thunderstorms we visited the iconic Kaaterskill Falls, perhaps the most famed location in all the Catskills. A new path and...
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CATSKILLS - VLY & BEARPEN MOUNTAINS: 4/23/16On Saturday, our last day of vacation, I took a solo hike to two more Catskill 3500-foot peaks, Vly Mountain and Bearpen Mountain, located outside the NW...
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HEDGEHOG MOUNTAIN: 4/28/16On this gorgeous spring day my good friend Dave Stinson and I I undertook a spring trail maintenance trip on the west half of UNH Trail. Recent snow added a bit of...
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GUINEA & BLACK MOUNTAIN PONDS: 4/29/16On a cloudy-to-sunny Friday I spent a long, leisurely spring day visiting ponds and meadows on the quiet south side of Sandwich Dome. It was a day filled with...
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SANDWICH NOTCH RAMBLE: 5/3/16This 12-miler on a gray day had a little bit of everything: ponds, beaver meadows, waterfalls, historic sites, and an obscure viewpoint. The route consisted of hiking...
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CARR MOUNTAIN WATERFALLS: 5/6/16This Friday was a two-part hiking day: after doing a five-hour trail work trip on the Hurricane Trail at the base of Mount Moosilauke, I drove over to Warren for a late...
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SPRING MOUNTAIN LEDGES: 5/10/16On a gorgeous sunny spring day I enjoyed a great bushwhack on the wild back side of Mount Tecumseh. From the Mill Brook valley I went partway up the Bald Mountain ridge...
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FLAT MOUNTAIN FLUME: 5/17/16On a fine spring day I enjoyed a bushwhack exploration with Mark Klim in search of a flume on the east side of the col between Flat Mountain (north) and Sandwich Dome. It...
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FLAT MOUNTAIN POND RAMBLE: 5/20/16 After a 4-mile approach via the Flat Mountain Pond Trail from Whiteface Intervale, I made an interesting bushwhack loop near the north end of Flat Mountain Pond....
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LIVERMORE PASS RAMBLE: 5/23/16With a 1:00 pm start on a sunny Monday the Livermore Pass area beckoned as you can reach a wild and remote area in just two miles from the Kancamagus Highway end of the...
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DOWNES BROOK/EAST SLEEPER: 5/26/16On a very warm sunny day I took a long and interesting hike up the Downes Brook valley to Sleeper Ridge, and on to the remote wooded summit of East Sleeper. The power...
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BETWEEN THE SLEEPERS: 5/31/16After a 3-mile approach up the Sabbaday Brook Trail, I did a bushwhack loop in the spacious side valley on the north side of the Sleepers in the heart of the Sandwich Range...
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