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Flat Top Mountain Slide: 1/20/22
A cold, sunny day for a backcountry snowshoe journey to the slide on the east side of Flat Top Mountain, a northern spur of Mt. Garfield. The snow was deep and soft in the Garfield Stream valley. For...
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Mt. Liberty Slide: 1/24/22
On a fairly cold but sunny and nearly windless day I snowshoe-bushwhacked to the south slide of Mt. Liberty. This slide, which fell in 1883 in the same storm as the great slide on Mt. Flume that swept...
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Haystack-Liberty Slide: 1/27/22
On a cold, deep winter day I teamed up with Cath Goodwin for a snowshoe bushwhack to a slide on the west side of the Franconia Range, hidden in a valley between Little Haystack Mountain and Mt....
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Latecomer on Lafayette: 1/31/22
My original plan for the day was some off-trail snowshoeing in the Gale River valley, with a late morning start. But there was no evidence of recent hiking activity at the Beaver Brook ski trails, and...
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Viewfest on Mt. Liberty: 2/9/22
I climbed Mt. Liberty on one of the best days of the winter, with wall-to-wall sun and endless views of snow-crusted peaks. Snowshoeing conditions were excellent.Near the start of my trek I ran into...
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Gale River Slide: 2/11/22
On a March-like day with temps rising into the high 30s in the valleys I snowshoed up the Gale River Trail into the Gale River valley and ascended to the open section of the Gale River Slide, which...
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Walker Ravine Slides: 2/15/22
 A cold day with persistent snow showers provided the setting a for snowshoe adventure into the ravine of the south branch of Walker Brook, on the NW side of Mt. Lincoln. I ascended to 4300+ ft.,...
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Downes Brook: 2/16/22
 Most every winter in recent years I've made a snowshoe excursion out to the ledges of the old (late 1800s) Downes Brook Slide on the north side of Mt. Passaconaway. It's one of my favorite places to...
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Lafayette Brook Forest and Ledges: 2/21/22
Rain/thaw and refreeze had set up the first good, firm bushwhacking snow of the season. On a warm almost spring-like day I headed to the Lafayette Brook Scenic Area. Endless open woods and four...
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Dry Brook Slides: 2/24/22
  A major rainstorm and thaw followed by a quick hard freeze set up firm snow conditions ideal for snowshoe bushwhacking. I took advantage of this gift from Mother Nature and made a long bushwhack into...
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Eagle Cliff Knob: 2/28/22
 On a sunny, cold afternoon I enjoyed a snowshoe bushwhack through old-growth forest to the northwestern knob of Eagle Cliff in Franconia Notch. There was 4-8" of new, light powder atop a firm base,...
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Carpenter's Ridge: 3/2/22
On a blustery early March day I snowshoe-bushwhacked up the west ridge of Mt. Lincoln - informally known as Carpenter's Ridge - to ~4000 ft. and found my way to the top of a slide for some sunny late...
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Avalanche Ravine: 3/8/22
I had plans for a long bushwhack up Walker Ravine on the flank of Mt. Lafayette, dependent on snow conditions off-trail. On a wild, windy morning with snow flurries, there were no cars in the Old...
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Walker Ravine Slides (Lafayette Branch): 3/10/22
Two days earlier, due to unfavorable snow conditions after a recent thaw/freeze, I had abandoned a plan to bushwhack up the ravine of the north branch of Walker Brook to its headwall below Mt....
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Mount Lafayette: 3/14/22
On what could have been the last powder day of the season, I enjoyed a snowshoe trek up the Old Bridle Path, which offers great snowshoeing when there is packed powder on the trail. Some folks had...
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Mount Moosilauke: 3/17/22
When temperatures soar into the 50s in March, bushwhacking is not in the cards. I look for well-packed trails at higher elevations for some decent spring snowshoeing. On this sunny morning the Gorge...
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SW Slides, Mt. Osceola
With cold overnight temperatures setting up firm snow in the woods, I decided to pay another visit to the big SW Slides of Mt. Osceola. Of special interest was a report of obvious signs of an avalanche...
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Early Spring Scenes: Late March
Mt. Lafayette rises above the Lafayette Brook ravine in this view from the old highway bridge at the Gallen Memorial site off Exit 34C, I-93. One of the best roadside vistas in the Whites.Old woods...
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ASAP Hikes: 4/4-4/6/22
During a three-day stretch of fine spring weather I began my annual ASAP hiking journey: April Snow Avoidance Program. It could also be called BGB: Bare Ground Beckons. LAFAYETTE BROOK: 4/4/22A...
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Hogback Mountain: 4/11/22
I lucked out with a gorgeous spring day for a bushwhack to Hogback Mountain, one of the several wild, ledgy peaks on the long southern spurs of Mt. Tecumseh. Hogback has an elevation of 2770 ft. on the...
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