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Tripyramid South Slides Snowshoe: 1/31/24
It was another in a string of gray, murky days with low-hanging clouds (unless you were up on one of the high Presidentials), so with little hope of any clearing for a view, I scrapped a plan to climb...
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Greeley Ponds & East Osceola's Southeast Slide: 2/2/24
On yet another cloudy I journeyed into Mad River Notch for one of my favorite snowshoe trips, visiting the two Greeley Ponds and climbing partway up the Southeast Slide of East Osceola, which dates...
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Mount Waumbek: 2/5/24
Sunny days are here again! After an extended stretch of gloomy weather, bright blue skies have taken over for a few days. Time to get up high for some views and snow-caked softwoods. With a biting...
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Mount Passaconaway: 2/7/24
My original plan for this fine winter day was to head into the Sandwich Range Wilderness on the Downes Brook Trail and snowshoe up to the top of the Downes Brook Slide on Mount Passaconaway for some...
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Scaur Ridge Ramble: 2/12/24
Sunny skies prevailed south of the notches on this fine winter day, following several days of unseasonable warmth. The snowpack had firmed up overnight and with cooler temperatures this day, it looked...
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North Slide, North Twin Mountain: 2/15/24
 Visiting the big north slide of North Twin Mountain in winter has been on my wish list ever since climbing it in summer three years ago with Cath Goodwin. The recent thaw-freeze cycle had set up some...
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Downes Brook Slide: 2/20/24
Over the past few years one of my favorite winter outings has been a snowshoe climb of the Downes Brook Slide on the north side of Mount Passaconaway. This slide came crashing down around 1892, baring...
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Northwest Slide, Mount Passaconaway: 2/22/24
On a fairly warm, sun-to-clouds day, I made my second trip into the Downes Brook valley this week. Coincidentally, the day after I climbed the Downes Brook Slide, my friend Cath Goodwin and two...
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1954 Gale River Slide: 2/26/24
Wanted to get another snowshoe slide climb in before the big thaw. I had enjoyed a previous winter excursion to the 1954 slide well up in the Gale River valley, and felt it was well worth a repeat...
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Tower Hill Pond: 2/27/24
Carol and I headed south on a warm and sunny spring-like day for a geocaching hike around Tower Hill Pond in Auburn and Candia. This 186-acre pond, created by a large dam, is part of the Lake...
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West Sleeper Slide: 3/1/24
A thaw with some rain followed by a quick re-freeze often sets up firm snow in the woods that is favorable for snowshoe bushwhacking. I hoped this was the case on this sunny, windy morning, and headed...
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Bald Knob, South Spur: 3/4/24
An early onset of April-like weather, with predictably awful snow conditions, put me into a spring frame of mind. Could I find some bare ground hardwood bushwhacking in early March, in the Whites? To...
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Bald Ledge/Upper Rattlesnake Loop: 3/8/24
I opted for a spring-type bushwhack on a sunny, spring-like day, making a six-mile loop over trailless southern spurs of Carr Mountain. Along the way I passed through a variety of terrain and forests...
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Three Ponds Snowshoe: 3/12/24
On a sunny, windy day I headed down to Rumney for a hike, with a bit of a time constraint. My first choice was Rattlesnake Mountain, but thanks to the recent snowfall and frozen snowbanks there was no...
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March Vacation, Part One
Carol and I headed south for a week's vacation that combined family visits in Connecticut and New Jersey with several days of hiking and geocaching in New York's Catskill Mountains. We covered a lot of...
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Catskills: Blackhead Mountain, 3/18/24
 For a number of years, through 2019, Carol and I spent a few days each spring in the Catskill Mountains, usually in late April. In the spring these beautiful mountains, with their open forests of...
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Catskills: Balsam Mountain, 3/19/24
On a chilly, cloudy day with persistent (but non-accumulating) flurries, Carol dropped me off at the remote trailhead in Rider Hollow and headed out to the towns of Shandaken and Phoenicia for some...
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Catskills: Elm Ridge, 3/20/24
The forecast for our last full day in the Catskills called for potential snow squalls blowing through mid-afternoon, so we didn't want to venture too far away on the area's steep, winding roads. We...
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Mount Tom: 3/25/24
After several days of mostly bare ground hiking in New York's Catskill Mountains, I was not in a snowshoeing frame of mind. But after a 20-inch snowstorm, there is no choice. Monday was the pick of the...
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Spring Snowshoe to Avalanche Ravine: 3/29/24
With a big snowmelt over the previous few days, I figured it was worth a try to get out to a favorite bushwhack route into Avalanche Ravine at the base of North Tripyramid and hopefully do a little...
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