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Finding Spring: Lake Massabesic, 3/31/24
With the snow from the big March 23 snowstorm mostly melted, but with a new late-season snowfall coming our way, Carol and I headed south on a gorgeous Easter Sunday afternoon for snow-free hiking and...
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Finding Spring: Rattlesnake Mountain, 4/1/24
 On another glorious partly sunny day I found spring again, this time on the southern tier of the Whites, with a climb of Rattlesnake Mountain (1594 ft.) in Rumney, It's a good spring day when you can...
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Beaver Brook Cascades: 4/5/24
After our second major spring snowstorm, I headed up to Kinsman Notch late in the afternoon for a couple hours of snowshoeing on Mount Moosilauke's Beaver Brook Trail. I will admit that I was not...
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Potash for the Eclipse: 4/8/24
Where to go on Solar Eclipse Day? As a landslide enthusiast, I wanted to experience the eclipse from a slide, or from a viewpoint looking at slides. This meant staying south of totality, a tradeoff I...
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Dickey Mountain: 4/9/24
The day after the solar eclipse was another spring beauty, with abundant sunshine and comfortable temperatures. After slogging through mushy snow on Potash Mountain for the eclipse, I was looking for a...
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Dickey Mountain Bushwhack: 4/15/24
The first day of a 99% snow-free spring hiking trifecta with glorious weather. I bushwhacked up the west side of the big hardwood bowl between Welch and Dickey Mountains, and went on to a second summit...
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Blueberry Mountain and Jeffers Mountain Hardwoods: 4/16/24
On the second day of my spring hiking trifecta, I headed down to the Glencliff area for a climb of Blueberry Mountain, a long-time favorite, and a bushwhack along the ridge towards Jeffers Mountain to...
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Wachipauka Pond & Mount Mist: 4/17/24
On the third day of my spring trifecta I returned to the Glencliff area for a trek to Wachipauka Pond and Mount Mist, one of my favorite pond-and-peak combos. I took a roundabout driving approach using...
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Kettles Path Maintenance: 4/22/24
With the snow mostly gone at lower elevations, it was time to check out my adopted Kettles Path in Waterville Valley to see how it fared through a winter and early spring during which widespread...
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Tunnel Brook Notch: 4/23/24
A gorgeous sunny, breezy spring afternoon and evening for a ramble into Tunnel Brook Notch, between Mount Moosilauke and Mount Clough, with visits to several beaver ponds and two slides. I reached the...
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Smarts Mountain Bushwhack: 4/26/24
Smarts Mountain (3238 ft.) is the highest and most massive peak in the loosely affiliated chain of summits sometimes called the Middle Connecticut River Mountains. Rising in a remote corner of the...
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Mount Cube via Kodak Trail: 4/29/24
Continuing a series of wanderings along the mostly snow-free Appalachian Trail south of Mount Moosilauke, I hiked the Kodak Trail, the scenic route to 2909-ft. Mount Cube from the south. Few mountains...
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Bear Hill & Holts Ledge: 5/3/24
On a beautiful spring morning I headed back down to the western NH section of the Appalachian Trail for a climb up another of the interesting smaller peaks dubbed the "Middle Connecticut River...
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Spring Tripyramid Ramble: 5/6/24
After a morning of fog and rain showers, it suddenly cleared and segued into a gorgeous spring afternoon. Even with a crack o' noon start, I was able to enjoy a 10-mile round trip ramble out to the...
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Moose Mountain Traverse: 5/7/24
For the final hike in a spring series focusing on peaks along the Appalachian Trail south of Mount Moosilauke, Carol and I headed down to Hanover and Moose Mountain. The long ridge of Moose Mountain is...
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Hurricane-Chokecherry-Bald Loop: 5/10/24
The forecast changed for the better on this Friday, so I played hooky and headed down to Breezy Point, the scenic trailhead on the SE side of Mount Moosilauke, for a trail-and-bushwhack loop over three...
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Coppermine Valley Slides: 5/13/24
 On a day with better weather than expected, I headed into the Coppermine Brook valley on the west side of Cannon Mountain for a second look at the massive landslide that fell sometime last summer on...
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Passaconaway Cutoff Trail Work: 5/17/24
I was privileged and very pleased to be joined by Fawn Langerman for the spring maintenance trip on the Passaconaway Cutoff, the adopted trail of the AMC Four Thousand Footer Committee, which I have...
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North Tripyramid via Avalanche Ravine: 5/20/24
In recent years the NW side of Mount Tripyramid has been a favorite haunt for this hiker in May. The Tripyramid foothills are an excellent place for viewing spring wildflowers, and there are several...
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Gorge Brook Slides: 5/22/24
On a hazy, hot and humid day - unusual for May - I headed up the Gorge Brook Trail on Mount Moosilauke to visit two old slides on the west side of the ravine. The views from these slides are mostly...
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