An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

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  • 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.

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    snowpackjack
    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…

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    snowpackjack
    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 New England 67

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    The Appalachian Mountain Club has an official list of mountains over 4000 feet. While many mountains in the north are over 4000 feet, “prominence” over their neighboring peaks whittles the list down to 67. I collected the New Hampshire 48 over a period of three years in all seasons. Upon completing them ,it only made…

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    snowpackjack
    A black and white image of a river in the foreground tall grass frames the lower part of the photo. a dark band of river flows left to right through the center of the photo. tall pine trees stand beyond the river on the opposite side of the riverbank.

  • Over The River

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    The Little River, Twin Mountain New Hampshire USA. 2018 “Over river, and through the woods.” Rather than head to Grandfather’s house as Lydia Maria Child’s tune would suggest, I parked in the gravel turnout. Crossing the plank bridge, I set out along the North Twin trail, to hike it’s namesake on the other side. It’s…

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    snowpackjack
    a mountain stream is in the center of the image. Conifers border the river on both sides, with a blue sky and scattered clouds above