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Kettles Path: 9/23/22
On a windy, cloudy afternoon Carol and I enjoyed a hike up the Livermore Trail and Kettles Path to The Scaur, a favorite viewpoint of ours in Waterville Valley. Along the way I did some maintenance...
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Mount Prospect (Holderness): 9/27/22
Over more than four decades of hiking in the White Mountains, I had never climbed Mt. Prospect (2064 ft.), a once -renowned little peak in Holderness, just west of the south end of the Squam Range. It...
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Mount Osceola: 9/29/22
With a forecast of partly to mostly sunny skies, a hike up old favorite Mount Osceola for its stellar views beckoned. A bonus would be an off-trail visit to the top of the big Dogleg Slide on the north...
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Moosilauke Foliage Scenes: 10/4/22
A climb of Mt. Moosilauke was ideal for a perfect fall day with 110-mile visibility and foliage rounding into peak form. A variety of views were enjoyed from the Gorge Brook Slide, the main summit, and...
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Tunnel Brook Foliage Fest: 10/6/22
I knew this would be a splendidly colorful day when I stopped at Beaver Pond in Kinsman Notch, on the way to the Tunnel Brook Trail on the west side of Mt. Moosilauke, one of my favorite foliage...
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Northwest Slides, Mount Hancock: 10/11/22
October, when the valleys shine in golden glory, is a great time to explore in the Pemigewasset Wilderness. On this sunny day my trek took me deep into the East Branch valley, around to the north side...
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Kettles Path: 10/17/22
With rain predicted for the afternoon, Carol and I headed down to Waterville Valley for a fall morning work trip on the Kettles Path, a WVAIA trail that I adopted this year.The forest was golden around...
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Liberty-Haystack Slide: 10/19/22
On a crisp, sunny day I paid a repeat visit to a slide in a hidden basin between Mt. Liberty and Little Haystack Mountain, on the west side of the Franconia Range. My first visit here was a snowshoe...
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2022 White Mountain Crop Hunger Walk: Crescent Range Loop
On Friday, October 21st six of us enjoyed a gorgeous sunny fall day for the 34th annual White Mountain Crop Hunger Walk, a "hike for hunger" that benefits the programs of Church World Service. This...
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Foggy Afternoon on OBP: 10/25/22
An afternoon jaunt up to the first outlook on the Old Bridle Path. The fog was thick in Franconia Notch, but there was sun north of the Notch and I had hopes for clearing along Franconia Ridge. Alas,...
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Passaconaway Cutoff: 10/28/22
The first of two fall maintenance trips on Passaconaway Cutoff, the adopted trail of the AMC Four Thousand Footer Committee. I was glad to see that the USFS Saco Ranger District crew had taken out this...
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Terrace Mountain Slide: 10/31/22
After a year and a half away, I returned to The Kilkenny, the magical wild area in the northern sector of the Whites. This day's adventure retraced a route I had navigated back in 1995: a bushwhack...
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Passaconaway Cutoff, Part II: 11/4/22
Yet another warm and sunny day for my second fall maintenance trip to Passaconaway Cutoff, the adopted trail of the AMC Four Thousand Footer Committee. On this trip I cleared the 24 drainages on the...
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Pilot Cliff: 11/7/22
For many years a bushwhack to the huge cliff on a western spur of the Pilot Range, a few miles northwest of Mt. Cabot, has been on my wish list. Though the cliff is within the White Mountain National...
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Tripyramid South Slide: 11/10/22
On the last of the marvelous sunny, 60-degree days we've enjoyed this early November, I returned to a favorite hike up the South Slide of Mount Tripyramid. I like this hike in November as you have sun...
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Tunnel Ravine Views: 11/15/22
November is a fine time for lower elevation bushwhacks, while the ground is still free of snow. For this trek I made a return visit to a clifftop ledge on a northwestern shoulder of Mt. Moosilauke that...
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Avalanche Ravine Winter Preview: 11/18/22
 After an exceptionally warm early November, a couple of snowfalls and plummeting temperatures brought the winter vibe to the Whites in a hurry. Time to break out the winter boots, gaiters, extra...
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Old Mount Braley Slide: 11/29/22
Chose a comfortable late November day for a return visit to an old, mostly overgrown slide on the steep east face of Mount Braley, a southeastern spur of Mount Moosilauke, located along the Blue Ridge...
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Black Mountain via Chippewa Trail: 12/2/22
Black Mountain (2830 ft.), with its many open quartzite ledges, is the crown jewel of the Benton Range in the western Whites, and one of the finest peaks on the NH 52 With a View list. The short but...
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Breezy Point Bushwhack: 12/9/22
I'm not a fan of hiking on icy trails, especially when mixed with rock. Traction on, traction off. No thanks. There's no ice in the woods, so on this sunny, windy day I reprised a favorite bushwhack...
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