FAVORITE PHOTOS AND PLACES - 2010
A selection from hikes through the four seasons.
WINTER
John Compton admires the view of South Hancock and "Juno Peak" from "Hancock Bog."
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A Gray Jay gets a bird's eye view from Mt. Jackson.
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A wintry Mt. Washington seen from Cloudland Bog along the Webster Cliff Trail.
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After a long wait, the fog lifts at Kinsman Pond.
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Ice cliff on a slide on the flank of Mt. Whiteface, the objective of a snowshoe bushwhack in The Bowl.
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An ice cliff towers above Carol at Bridal Veil Falls.
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The snow-caked cone of Chocorua from First Sister.
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Five feet of snow in a birch glade on a shoulder of Chocorua.
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John and Marty enjoy a bluebird day on South Kinsman.
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A bushwhack to Harrington Pond (on the south side of South Kinsman) culminates with this view from a nearby cliff.
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Mud Pond and the slides on Mt. Clough from the Glencliff Trail on Mt. Moosilauke.
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John faces into the wind and Mt. Washington on the summit of Mt. Hight.
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A view of the remote Cypress Brook valley, deep in the Wild River Wilderness, from the edge of Zeta Pass.
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Spring fever on Sugarloaf Mountain in Evans Notch; snowy South Baldface in the distance.
SPRINGMt. Flume from a talus slope high in the Flume Brook valley.
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An off-trail ledge on the flank of West Royce opens a view across the Wild River Valley.
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The East Branch of the Pemigewasset running high with snowmelt; Bondcliff in the distance.
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Wachipauka Pond from Webster Slide Mountain; Carr Mountain on the horizon.
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Quartzite ledges on the south summit of Mt. Cube open a great view south to Smarts Mountain.
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View southwest from a slide on Smarts Mountain.
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The south cliff of Mt. Whiteface, from a ledge near the McCrillis Trail.
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My brother Drew checks the map at The Pinnacle on Connecticut's Metacomet Trail.
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Open bushwhacking in the Catskills - near the summit of Lone Mountain.
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A small ledge on Lone Mountain offers a big, wild view.
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Giant Ledge, one of the premier Catskill perches.
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Back in the Whites, open hardwoods in the Gordon Pond Brook valley.
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A sneak peek at Flat Mountain Pond from the NE summit of Sandwich Dome.
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John tackles a scramble on the Madison Gulf Trail.
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Star Lake and Mt. Adams.
SUMMERLooking down Castle Ravine from the First Castle on the Castle Trail.
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A view into Jefferson Ravine from Dingmaul Rock on the Gulfside Trail.
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Looking up the Snyder Brook valley to Madison and Adams on the Inlook Trail.
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Relaxing at the south viewpoint on Wonalancet Hedgehog, accessed by a side path off the Walden Trail.
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A view from a ledge on shoulder of West Tecumseh, looking at ledgy ridges descending into the trailless valley of Haselton Brook.
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The Lost Pass area and Sandwich Dome from the South Slide of Tripyramid.
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South Tripyramid from a beaver meadow at the base of Sleeper Ridge.
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A long view up Flat Mountain Pond to the Sleepers and South Tripyramid.
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A southbound thru-hiker crosses the alpine bogs on Mt. Success in the Mahoosucs.
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Cath Goodwin and Pam Bales go caving in Mahoosuc Notch.
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Taking in the view of Mahoosuc Notch from a spectacular ledge on Mahoosuc Arm.
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A gorgeous meadow along the Upper Ammonoosuc River at the end of the Landing Camp Trail, with Mt. Weeks in the distance.
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The view from Rogers Ledge sweeps all the way out to the Presidentials.
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Carol takes in the vast view of the Wild River Wilderness from a ledge just off the Kenduskeag Trail east of Shelburne Moriah.
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John ambles through the open fir woods on North Weeks, en route to the mountain's trailless east knob, where we found partial views.
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An idyllic beaver meadow at the SE base of Hutchins Mountain.
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The view south along the Pilot Range from a ledge on Hutchins Mountain.
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A slide on Mt. Nancy opens a view into the Pemigewasset Wilderness.
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Kilback Pond, a peaceful place in the heart of The Kilkenny.
FALLA view of Mt. Paugus from the top of Square Ledge.
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A short, thick bushwhack on Middle Terrace Mountain rewards with a view across Willard Basin to Mts. Waumbek and Starr King.
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The fern meadow viewpoint just down from the summit of South Terrace.
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Rick Neville relaxes on Allen's Ledge, partway through a trail work trip along the UNH Trail on Hedgehog Mountain.
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The Brown Brook Marshes and Mt. Kineo, seen from a vantage just off the Donkey Hill Cutoff.
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A lunch break at Middle Pond during the annual White Mountain CROPWALK, a fundraiser for the anti-hunger programs of Church World Service.
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The view east over Province Pond from a fire-scarred ledge on the shoulder of Mt. Shaw (north of Kearsarge North).
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John checks out the views from Pine Hill, along the Conant Trail south of Evans Notch.
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Keith D'Alessandro and Katahdin take a break by a beaver meadow east of Haystack Notch, looking at Caribou Mountain.
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Keith spots something from a clifftop ledge on trailless Haystack Mountain, high above Haystack Notch.
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John rambles across the southern ledges of Caribou Mountain.
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A canoe paddle on Lonesome Lake.
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A cascade at Paugus Falls, a series of ledge slabs and waterfalls on the side of Mt. Paugus, described by Frank Bolles in his 1892 book,
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Lower Greeley Pond has the November look on a Thanksgiving Day hike.
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A mossy waterslide on Slide Brook, below the South Slide of Tripyramid, found during a search for the small flume known as "the V."
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Thanks for looking, and I wish you good hiking in 2011!