Category: new hampshire

  • Friday’s Photo: Lake of The Clouds

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    A set of tarns located in the col between Mount Monroe and Washington. These alpine lakes are at 5032 feet, near the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Lake of The Clouds Hut.

    brown stones in the foreground. in the center a still body of water ringed by mountains in the background. An overcast sky is overhead.
  • Hiking The Belknaps

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    The insatiable hunger for another patch needed to be satiated. Licking my chops, I set my sights on the Belknaps. The peaks of the Belknap Range pack a fantastic visual punch despite their reasonable elevation. View from the Belknaps, New Hampshire, USA. My time in the mountains was limited. I had a few weekend dates…

    grey granite ledge is in the foreground, framed by shrubs and trees. A mountain pass is in the distance with a dark blue sky scattered with wisps of white clouds
  • The Lemon Bar

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    Fireworks crackled somewhere near us. It was close to the 4th of July. It’s my least favorite holiday, with all the noise and chaos it brings. “Some idiot’s going to blow a finger off” I thought. “They might say it’s the land of the free and home of the brave, but there’s no mention of…

  • Peak Above the Nubble

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    This short bushwack in New Hampshire was one of my first trailless hikes for the Hundred Highest list. Having finished most of the blazed and trailed peaks on the list, I had picked most of the “low hanging fruit.” It was time to begin knocking off the hikes that required more care and research. The…

    Hiker with packpack on a snow covered hiking trail