Hillstomping Update

Hillstomping Update: Franconia Ridge, 07232005

August 7, 2005 Hillstomping Update

My family came up from Georgia for a visit and to have my sister’s two sons Baptized at our parish. I took my brother on a classic hike up the Franconia Ridge in the White Mountains. Being an absolutely beautiful Saturday, lots of other folks had the same idea so the trails were crowded; I [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Mt. Monroe 06082005

June 10, 2005 Hillstomping Update

This was one of the most spectacular hikes so far this year, rivalled only by the Edmands Col hike a week ago. There is an Edmands on this hike, too: Edmands Path. Bubba and I hiked Edmands Path for three miles up to the ridge where we picked up Crawford Path. Mt Eisenhower was just [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Mt. Garfield 06032005

June 10, 2005 Hillstomping Update

Took two of my little Samurai reproductive units on a hike up Mt. Garfield. We’ve all done this hike many times but it’s one of those that never gets old. It’s a mellow five mile trek to the summit on the Garfield Trail and you get rewarded with expansive views of the Pemigewassett Wilderness. And [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Edmands Col 06012005

June 5, 2005 Hillstomping Update

Route: Up via Lowe’s Path and Randolph Path to Edmands Col. Headed north on Gulfside Trail to Thunderstone Junction then took Lowe’s Path all the way back down. Total of about 11 to 12 miles. Weather: Reports called for mostly cloudy skies with partial clearing by the afternoon. I know from experience that these type [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Cannon Mountain 05242005

June 2, 2005 Hillstomping Update

Just a quick run up to Cannon Mountain and back. The weather was calling for rain but it had already been raining steady for so long that I no longer cared, I just wanted to hike. So, I took my chances. Went up via the Hi Cannon trail, which including climbing the long ladder shown [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Bond Cliff 05172005

May 22, 2005 Hillstomping Update

I made my bi-annual pilgrimage to the Bonds last week. The Bonds are three mountains, Bond Cliff, Mt. Bond, and West Bond, smack in the middle of the Pemigewasset Wilderness Area; the jewels of the Pemi. All three are on the NH 4,000 footer list so you always see peak baggers making the trek to [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Sandwich Dome 05052005

May 6, 2005 Hillstomping Update

A most splendiferous day for a spring hike in the Sandwich Range of New Hampster’s White Mountains yesterday. The sky was speckled with those cotton ball clouds and casting moving shadows on the rolling landscape creating an aquatic wonderland. While I love a clear blue sky for its crystalline purity, the watery, undersea effect is [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Mt. Kearsarge

May 3, 2005 Hillstomping Update
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Hillstomping Update: Mt. Flume and Mt. Sunapee

April 29, 2005 Hillstomping Update

Looking at Mt. Kearsarge from the Ledges on Mt. Sunapee. Church on Mt. Flume More stunning photos from the Mt. Flume hike on 4/15/2005.

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Hillstomping Update: Mt. Liberty

March 26, 2005 Hillstomping Update

As they used to say in Rome, “Et tu Beautay!” The beauty of the scenery so moved me that I pooped stuff I hadn’t even eaten yet. Yeah, check it out… the scenery, that is (click the pics for the full-size view): The Northerly View Along the Franconia Ridge from Mt. Liberty Mt. Garfield from [...]

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Hillstomping Update: Smarts Mountain

March 22, 2005 Hillstomping Update

I’ve hiked this mountain many times in the past. It’s a moderate eight mile (round-trip) hike to the summit which has an old fire watch tower that you can climb for tremendous 360 degree views. In the photo below, we’re about halfway up; that’s the summit of Smarts Mountain in the background, behind Bubba. If [...]

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Hillstomping Update: Mts. Welch and Dickey

March 18, 2005 Hillstomping Update

Dayyam, I hit this one just right! You just could not ask for better winter hiking conditions. In fact, it was SO nice, that I almost feel like it’s cheating to call this a winter hike. But, Spring Solstice isn’t ’till the 21st, so technically it’s still winter. Although, you’d never know it by conditions: [...]

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Hillstomping Update: Mt. Kearsarge

March 14, 2005 Hillstomping Update

This was my second post-back surgery hike carrying a full winter pack. (The first was last week to Ethan Pond– it was so cold that I couldn’t take any pictures so it wasn’t worth posting anything on it. Nice hike, though.) Things are progressing well and, while I still have some healing to do, it [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Franconia Ridge 10/26/2004

October 30, 2004 Hillstomping Update

Timing is everything and we timed this one right. After struggling up the Falling Waters Trail to the summit of Little Haystack on the Franconia Ridge, our eyeballs were treated to a feast of dramatic mountain vistas, White Mountain style. Here, see for yourself. Sam on Little Haystack Mountain After summitting Little Haystack, we headed [...]

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Hillstomping Update, Mt. Osceola

October 13, 2004 Hillstomping Update

It was such a pretty Autumn day up here in New Hampster that I just had to take m’boyz on an easy hike up Mt. Osceola. It’s one of the NH 48-4,000 footers and we had planned on hiking it earlier this summer but the trailhead was infested with people. This is one of those [...]

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