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Ward Reservation (Andover, MA) and a 5000th Geocache: 4/13/22
This was a day of much anticipation for Carol (aka cas25): a trip to the Charles W. Ward Reservation in Andover, MA for her 5,000th geocaching find. The cache she chose for this landmark find, "Aldo's...
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Tripyramid South Slides Ramble: 4/15/22
A great way to spend a sunny, warm early spring day: I walked in with Waterville tramper Dan Newton (and his canine companion, Friday) to his remote campsite in the woods off Livermore Trail, then...
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Sauntering in Scaur Country
Two days were well spent in the Scaur Ridge area of Waterville Valley, on the west side of the Tripyramids. KETTLES PATH/THE SCAUR, 4/17/22: On Easter Sunday afternoon, Carol and I took a hike up the...
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Kettles Path Maintenance: 4/22/22
On a blustery day with alternating sun and spitting showers, I made a second trip to my newly adopted trail, the Kettles Path in Waterville Valley --Â to clean drainages and check for blowdowns from...
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South Moat via Dry Brook Ravine: 4/25/22
The sunny south side of the Moat Range is one of my favorite springtime bushwhacking haunts. For this ascent of South Moat Mountain, I bushwhacked up the ravine of Dry Brook on the SW side of the...
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Scaur Ridge Hardwood Ramble: 4/29/22
On a brisk and breezy spring day after a significant snowfall on the higher peaks to the north, I enjoyed a 99.9% snow-free bushwhack through endless hardwood forest on the 2800-ft. western extension...
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Passaconaway Cutoff Trail Work: 5/3/22
A cool, cloudy day fit the bill for a spring trail maintenance trip on the Passaconaway Cutoff, the adopted trail of the AMC Four Thousand Footer Committee, just a few days after the annual FTFC awards...
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Tripyramid South Slides: 5/6/22
 On one of a series of fine (and bug-free) spring days, I paid a repeat visit to a favorite haunt, the sunny South Slides of Mt. Tripyramid. I'd been halfway up the slides three weeks earlier, but...
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Mt. Liberty Slide: 5/10/22
On this glorious spring day I had two objectives: get a TLF (Trout Lily Fix) in the hardwood forest on the lower Flume Slide Trail, and climb to the top of the 1883-vintage south slide on Mt. Liberty,...
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SW Ridge, Mt. Liberty: 5/12/22
On a sunny spring day with summer-like heat in the afternoon, I returned to the south side of Mt. Liberty for some more off-trail exploration. This trek would involve a bushwhack halfway up the...
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Avalanche Ravine: 5/18/22
On a perfect spring day with sun, cool temperatures and a bug-deterring breeze, I bushwhacked up Mt. Tripyramid's Avalanche Ravine (aka the Ravine of Avalanches) to the Pine Bend Brook Trail on the...
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Tunnel Brook and Mt. Clough Slide: 5/20/22
A sunny and breezy day for a return to a favorite backcountry nook: Tunnel Brook Notch, the deep valley between Mt. Moosilauke and Mt. Clough, a realm dominated by beaver ponds and massive rock slides....
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Flume via Osseo Trail: 5/23/22
A crisp spring day, with 100-mile visibility reported by the Mt. Washington Observatory, called out for a hike to a high peak with far-reaching views. I hadn't been up Mt. Flume in four years, and I've...
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Rhodora Slide Show: 5/31/22
After bushwhacking out to the big SW slide on Mt. Osceola, my Waterville friend Dan Newton emailed me about the spectacular display of flowering Rhodora he had seen: "The flowers are amazing!" This...
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South Slides on a Murky Day: 6/2/22
My original plan on this gray day with clouds obscuring the summits was a hike up the Gale River Trail to visit two slides well up in the valley. But heavy drizzle had engulfed Franconia Notch and the...
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Dry Brook 2017 Slide: 6/6/22
One of the newest large slides in the Whites fell into Dry Brook Ravine off the west ridge of Little Haystack, during the "Halloween Storm" of October 2017. The upper half of it can be seen on the...
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Gale River Slide: 6/10/22
With an unsettled forecast calling for a chance of showers, I opted for a slide visit with only a short bushwhack: the Gale River Slide on the northern flank of Garfield Ridge, which fell during...
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ADIRONDACK TRIP: 6/13-6/16/22
TO THE 'DACKS: 6/13/22With good weather predicted, Carol and I headed over to New York's Adirondacks for a brief hiking and geocaching getaway. As always, the most enjoyable part of the 4 1/2 hour...
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MOUNT PASSACONAWAY: 6/20/22
 I enjoyed a fine sunny day for a climb of old favorite Mount Passaconaway, "monarch of the Sandwich Range," via the northern route from the Kancamagus Highway. This 11-mile trek took in several fine...
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The Slide Garden: 6/24/22
A leisurely tour of the Downes Brook Slide on the NW flank of Mt. Passaconaway, with naturalist Dan Newton and his slide-climbing companion, Friday. We took plenty of time to examine the varied plant...
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