Just now returned from a fantastic winter adventure in the White Mountains, NH. Perfect weather and trail conditions allowed me to hike a substantial loop up high -- first ascending to a summit, then hiking a section of the ridge (hiking up and over other peaks), and ending by descending from the last peak. A great day of hiking with amazing views! #FootpathFriday #snowshoeing #mountains
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In the spirit of the snow/wind storm that I am currently experiencing here in SE Massachusetts, I am sharing some pics from last week’s hike in the White #Mountains, NH illustrating the large amount of snow that was there. (Upper left) trail junction 2/3 up the mountain; (Upper right) same spot last June; (Lower left) alpine zone near final ascent; (Lower right) halfway down. #MountainMonday #hiking #snow
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This was my view looking up the trail on my ascent up peak #3 of my hike on the ridge last week in the White Mountains, NH. Clear skies with great views to the horizon plus perfect trail conditions made for a wonderful adventure. #FootpathFriday #hiking #mountains
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When I hiked recently on this mountain ridge, the evidence of harsh weather from previous storms was clear. Features were covered with rime ice, like ghosts frozen (literally!) in time from strong winds and cold temps in those storms, supercooling the droplets from the fog/low-clouds and freezing onto the feature in interesting patterns. So eerie and unique! #MountainMonday #hiking #winter
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These pics illustrate the contrasting views in my recent hike in the White #Mountains, NH. Top left: mountain ridge. Top right: End of hike as the sun sets. I enjoyed all phases of the hike-- dawn to dusk, above/below the treeline. Check out the below link-- it has a 3D view of the entire hike that you can rotate (screen shot of one view; lower right). #FootpathFriday #hiking #winter
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@TimKStanton beautiful! Looks lovely in black and white (no doubt in color too).
Those are some densely packed trees. Usually if I see a stand like that I can assume it was logged not too long ago, replanted, but never thinned. Do you think this is similar or a different cause?
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Thanks!
Yup-- you got it right on the logging (see below link). This area was logged heavily until a century ago when it was declared a protected national forest. In fact, I took this photo not far from an abandoned logging road that I camped on a couple of years ago. The level road made for good camping in an otherwise steep area. The old logging road is 1,300' above the trailhead, indicating how extensive the logging was.
Tim Stanton
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