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Got Snow? Breaking Trail to Hancock Bog: 3/1/23
With abundant recent snowfall and temps predicted to hit the high 30s in the valleys, I was looking for a short and easy bushwhack at an elevation where the snow might stay powdery. I opted to visit a...
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East Branch Snowfield: 3/3/23
On a glorious sunny late morning Carol and I took a walk up the Lincoln Woods Trail and snowshoed out onto a vast area of dry riverbed on the East Branch, which becomes an expansive snowfield when...
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Mount Flume via Osseo Trail: 3/6/23
Headed in to the Osseo Trail on a spectacular blue sky day, with the caveat of high winds predicted to top 120 mph on Mount Washington. I had seen reports that a handful of snowshoers had broken out...
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Zeta Pass Slide & South Carter: 3/10/23
I love snowshoeing on the Carter Range in late winter, when the snow piles deep in the beautiful fir forest on these high wooded ridges. The March snowpack allows for good views when there is merely a...
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Coppermine Brook Valley: 3/13/23
Spent an interesting day in the beautiful Coppermine Brook valley on the west side of Cannon Mountain. After a spike hike up the Coppermine Trail to the icy amphitheatre of Bridal Veil Falls, I...
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HEDGEHOG MOUNTAIN: 3/16/23
With a late start after a morning appointment, I headed over the Kanc to the Albany Intervale and the UNH/Potash/Downes Brook trailhead, which would give me three options for a hike after the big...
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Adirondacks: Copperas Pond, 3/20/23
For years I've wanted to visit the Adirondack High Peaks during the snow season, and this week, with the weather looking fairly favorable, Carol and I made a two-night getaway to Lake Placid. I was...
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Adirondacks: Esther Mountain, 3/21/23
 My goal on our one full day in the Adirondacks was to climb one of the 46 High Peaks that I had not been to yet, and as a bonus have it count as a winter ascent, even though winter had turned to...
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Adirondacks: Mount Jo, 3/22/23
The last day of our brief vacation was a bluebird beauty and cried out for a view. Carol hung out in Lake Placid while I drove over to the Adirondak Loj trailhead for a morning snowshoe up little Mount...
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Wildcat A Slide and Carter Notch: 3/27/23
On a sunny, warm early spring day I headed up the Nineteen Mile Brook Trail to Carter Notch, went up Wildcat Ridge Trail to the crossing of the Wildcat A Slide, then dropped down to the Carter Lakes,...
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North Tripyramid via Avalanche Ravine: 3/30/23
  With deep snow in the mountains and a recent thaw-freeze cycle, I hoped to find good conditions for snowshoe bushwhacking out on the west side of Mount Tripyramid, a favorite haunt of mine. This 30th...
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Mount Field & Mount Willey: 4/4/23
For a few reasons, the Willey Range beckoned on a warm spring day with a high gray cloud deck. With the temperatures rising into the 40s, a well-packed trail would be a good choice, and the trails on...
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Sandwich Dome: 4/7/23
With a forecast for sunny skies, I wanted to climb one more high peak with deep snow views before snow conditions go south with next week's big warmup. The summit of almost-4000-footer Sandwich Dome...
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Sunny Spring Days: 4/9/23 & 4/10/23
April 9th and 10th were two glorious spring days to be outside, with wall-to-wall sun and comfortable temperatures.WEST END FARM TRAIL (Concord, NH): 4/9/23Carol and I headed south to Concord on Easter...
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Spring Beauty in Evans Notch: 4/13/23
In my annual spring quest to avoid mushy snow and rotting monorail, a favorite destination has been the south-facing slopes of the lower mountains in the Evans Notch region. This is one of the earlier...
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Lower Acteon Ridge: 4/18/23
On a raw, dreary spring day, I waited out the rain until late afternoon, and with a 4:00 pm start was able to fashion a bushwhack loop over two favorite ledge viewpoints on the lower part of Acteon...
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Black Mountain Bushwhack: 4/20/23
I wanted to spend this long, bright spring day in the bare, snowless woods, and made a familiar trail-and-bushwhack loop over the lower of the two Black Mountains on the SW ridge of Sandwich Dome. This...
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Kettles Path & Irene's Path: 4/26/23
I enjoyed an unexpectedly pleasant spring day for a maintenance trip on the Kettles Path in Waterville Valley, which I adopted last year. Afterwards I had a leisurely ramble eastward along the ridge...
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Tripyramid Hardwood Ramble: 4/28/23
There's no place I'd rather be on a fine April day than a bare ground, open hardwood forest where the sun pours in and there are long views through the trees. The lower western slopes of Mount...
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High Water in Waterville: 5/1/23
Holy cow, the Whites had some rain on Sunday night! The East Branch of the Pemigewasset, seen here from the Loon Mountain bridge, peaked at ~12,100 cfs Monday morning. Still not even close to the...
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