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Northwest Side of Moosilauke: 12/13/22
With a late morning start, I headed over to the northwest side of Mt. Moosilauke for a hike up to the Little Tunnel Ravine viewpoint on the Benton Trail, followed by an impromptu bushwhack into the...
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Little Tunnel Ravine: 12/15/22
After gazing into Little Tunnel Ravine two days earlier from the outlook on the Benton Trail, I had a hankering to head partway into the ravine for a return visit. Back in 2013 John "1HappyHiker"...
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Gorge Brook Valley: 12/20/22
With an afternoon free, I headed up Rt. 118 to Ravine Lodge Road for the first snowshoe excursion of the season, following the big storm of the previous weekend. The plan was for a ramble partway up...
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Morning Whack in Kinsman Notch: 12/22/12
Took the morning off to undertake a snowshoe bushwhack in Kinsman Notch, before the powder is obliterated by the forthcoming rain and warmth. I did a loop to visit two interesting spots I'd been to...
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Scenes from Cape Cod: 12/26-28/22
Various scenes from the Lower Cape in late December, a quiet and beautiful time of year there, though the wind can be biting!Nauset Marsh from the Fort Hill Trail, Cape Cod National Seashore, in...
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Favorite Photos from 2022
Looking back on a year in which I was fortunate to enjoy many hikes and bushwhacks, with visits to a good number of slides around the White Mountains. Best wishes to all for a healthy and happy 2023,...
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SCAUR RAMBLE: 1/9/23
It was good to be back in the woods after a 2 1/2 week hiatus (an extended holiday family visit followed by a busy vacation week, then dreary weather and a New Year's cold). I had read in a NETC trail...
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Old Bridle Path: 1/11/23
I spent a glorious sunny, windless afternoon soaking up the views from the several outlooks along the Old Bridle Path. With a late morning start, and still a bit under the weather from a cold, it was...
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Mount Tecumseh: 1/17/23
The snow in the woods quickly turned gloppy on this warm, sunny January day, and a short jaunt along the Livermore Trail dissuaded me from undertaking a snowshoe journey out towards the Tripyramid...
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North Hancock: 1/19/23
On this morning I decided to head out to Hancock country, where snow depth maps showed a foot or more on the ground. If trail conditions looked good, I thought I might bushwhack to a small slide west...
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East Osceola Slab: 1/24/23
The recent snowfall promised some good snowshoeing both on and off the trails, something that has been in short supply so far this winter. I first went up to the Old Bridle Path trailhead in Franconia...
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Mt. Pemigewasset via East Ledge: 1/27/23
I abandoned plans for a fairly long bushwhack after driving around and checking snow conditions at several trailheads. Tough sledding in the woods with heavy mealy snow under a breakable crust layer....
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Mount Liberty Slide: 1/31/23
A repeat of a snowshoe bushwhack I enjoyed last winter: up the lower half of the Flume Slide Trail and then up the south slope of Mt. Liberty, largely following the traces of century-old logging roads,...
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Mud Pond & Mt. Pemigewasset: 2/2/23
A snowshoe bushwhack on a cloudy afternoon to a longtime winter favorite: little Mud Pond, tucked into a wild basin at the foot of South Kinsman's massive southeastern spur. In addition to its sense of...
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Gale River Valley Headwall Slide: 2/7/23
The Gale River valley is usually considered merely a routine route to access Galehead Hut, Galehead Mountain and South Twin via the 4-mile long Gale River Trail. But the upper valley is a wild...
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Lincoln Woods Ledge: 2/13/23
A morning snowshoe bushwhack to a ledge on the slope above and west of the Lincoln Woods Trail. This was my third visit to this spot, but first since 2009. After crossing the bridge at the start of...
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Mount Hale via Firewardens' Trail: 2/14/23
On a gloomy morning after a one to two inch snowfall, I headed north of the Notch seeking a bit colder temperature for a snowshoe hike, hoping the new snow would be less likely to clump under my...
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NW Ridge, Mount Hale: 2/22/23
I had been waiting for good firm snow for bushwhacking all winter, and recent freeze/thaw cycles had set up a solid snowpack in the woods. A potential objective was the "Checkmark Slide" on the north...
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Deep Winter in Flume Brook Valley: 2/24/23
I enjoyed some of the best snowshoeing of the season on a cold, windy day when the ridges were shrouded in fog until late in the afternoon. With temperatures on either side of ten degrees F, the 6" of...
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Views of a Mountain Amphitheater: 2/27/23
Back in January 1997 I snowshoe-bushwhacked to a clifftop ledge on a northwestern spur of North Twin Mountain that promised an unusual view of the semi-circle of mountains ringing the upper Gale River...
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