| | | A moose!
| Sm
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| | Description :
| A moose crossed our path on the drive up. Hard to see through window glare.
| | People :
| abbe
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 10:51:00
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | A moose!
| Sm
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| | Description :
| A moose crossed our path on the drive up. Hard to see through window glare.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 10:51:10
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | A moose!
| Sm
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| | Description :
| A moose crossed our path on the drive up. Hard to see through window glare.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 10:51:15
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Getting ready.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The mob getting ready to hike, parked on the ravine road
| | People :
| jfmurphy abbe bert mwhitson cfox
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:20:39
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Identify this flower
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Flower along Ravine Trail Road, near where we parked (identify)
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:21:03
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Ravine Lodge sign.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Ravine Lodge (dartmouth) sign.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:22:46
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Scenic view.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Scenic view from road. (insert peak identification here)
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:24:32
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Maps.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The trail maps at the entrance.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:24:43
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Al Merrill (dartmouth) plaque.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Al Merrill, dartmouth director of outdoor affairs, memorial plaque.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:24:52
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Trail down from the road.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Looking back up the trail we came down from the road.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:29:29
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | The brook
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The brook, seen from the first bridge, which is sort of the boundary between civilization and the mountain.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:29:40
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | The trailhead
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The trailhead, seen from the end of the first bridge.
| | People :
| abbe cfox bert
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:29:51
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Gorge Brook.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Gorge Brook, near the first bridge.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:30:40
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Blue Butterfly
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Unidentified blue butterfly (or moth?) just past the first bridge.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:31:55
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | No butterfly.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| There's a video clip of a little blue moth or butterfly, but I don't think I actually captured it in this shot.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:32:28
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | White Trillium.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| http://www.fotw.ca/flags/ca-on.html says: The white trillium was adopted as Ontario's floral emblem in 1937, as a by-product of a failed effort to find a national flower that could be planted on the graves of Canadian soldiers that died abroad.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:34:25
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Up we go.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Looking back at how far up the trail has come, not realizing that this isn't steep at all yet...
| | People :
| abbe mwhitson bert jfmurphy cfox
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:40:14
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | The roaring brook.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The brook parallels the trail, below us. It is rather roaring for a brook, emphasizing the slope.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:40:20
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Another bridge.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| A 4-log bridge, higher up the brook.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 11:49:05
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Yet another bridge.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Another 4-log bridge.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 12:15:25
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | The rushing brook.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The rushing brook.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 12:15:35
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | "Last sure water" 3300 feet.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Signs near where the trail leaves the brook (all water we saw after this was drainage and puddles, until we rejoined the brook trail.) 3300 feet, climbing got steeper after this.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 12:29:35
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Ross McKenney plaque
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Ross McKenney plaque. Near the 3300ft marker.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 12:29:53
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Snow!
| Sm
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| | Description :
| There are piles of snow along the trail several places further up, as well.
| | People :
| ? ?
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 12:30:57
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Small brook.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Smaller brook, higher up
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 12:41:21
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Other peaks.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Other peaks (which?) looking off side of trail.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 13:18:58
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Other peaks.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Other peaks (which?) looking off side of trail.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 13:19:03
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Down the trail.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Looking down the trail from the previous scenic vista; this section isn't as rocky as most of the rest of it.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 13:19:10
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Up the trail.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Looking up the trail from the same place. We are somewhat on the edge here; it turns out that the trail turns sharply inward and gets steeper, just ahead.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 13:19:16
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Getting steeper.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The trail is getting steeper, we can see over the tops of trees that aren't that far down the trail. The nature of the trees is changing too, as we climb.
| | People :
| mwhitson jfmurphy abbe
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 13:53:45
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Looking down.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Looking down from a large rock-wash.
| | People :
| mwhitson abbe?
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 13:53:53
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Other peaks aren't "up" anymore...
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Looking off to the right of the trail; trees have gotten smaller, and we're not really looking up at the next ridge anymore...
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 14:02:31
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Other peaks aren't "up" anymore...
| Sm
Med
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| | Description :
| Looking off to the right of the trail; trees have gotten smaller, and we're not really looking up at the next ridge anymore...
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 14:02:40
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | The summit!
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The summit! 4802 feet. It is very windy, my guess was 40mph. (taken by abbe)
| | People :
| me
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:03:20
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | The summit!
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The summit! 4802 feet. It is very windy, my guess was 40mph. (taken by abbe)
| | People :
| me
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:03:45
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | The summit!
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The summit! 4802 feet. It is very windy, my guess was 40mph.
| | People :
| jfmurphy cfox bert abbe mwhitson
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:04:47
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Hovering crow
| Sm
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| | Description :
| There is a crow that was "playing harrier", hovering in the wind and just going up and down with wing motion, without moving forward at all.
| | People :
| bert
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:05:07
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | The summit is rocky.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The summit is bare and rocky and windy. (identify other peaks)
| | People :
| mwhitson bert
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:05:21
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Another plaque.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Another plaque, and another view.
| | People :
| cfox jfmurphy
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:05:26
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Looking down
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Looking down, back at the tree line.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:05:46
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Our path up
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Looking down, back at the tree line,; the path of rocks going off to the right is the trail up from the tree line,
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:05:52
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Windblown people
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Dances with wind gusts :-)
| | People :
| mwhitson bert abbe
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:06:06
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | The summit.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Bert and Abbe at the summit
| | People :
| bert abbe
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:06:21
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | The summit.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Bert and Abbe at the summit
| | People :
| bert abbe
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:06:27
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Bert and Abbe.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Bert and Abbe at the summit
| | People :
| bert abbe
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:06:57
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | The summit.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Oh, look, a photographer
| | People :
| cfox
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:07:52
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Looking down.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Looking back towards the treeline, trying to capture the sense that the barren spots look like the highlands in The Princess Bride, just before they roll down the hill...
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:08:12
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Resting at the top.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| There's a nicely sheltered nook in the rocks just below the summit. Mike wanted a picture of my bedraggled hair...
| | People :
| me
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 15:13:47
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | Along the carriage trail.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| We took the "carriage trail" down, and fairly quickly (the upper parts are far less rocky) returned to the treeline and were back among evergreens, instead of merely "fragile lichens". We're just downhill of where the Appalachian trail splits off down the Glencliff Trail.
| | People :
| bert ?
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 16:04:15
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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| |  | | | | More carriage trail
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Looking down from the same point. It gets rockier and steeper from here.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 16:04:22
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Other ridges in the distance.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| There are other ridges in the distance, but a camera doesn't capture them that well
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 16:04:29
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | More snow!
| Sm
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| | Description :
| More snow! As if this downhill wasn't challenging my knees enough...
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 16:07:25
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Steep downslope off trail
| Sm
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| | Description :
| The trail is still following a ridge line here, but it is rather steep off the side of the trail.
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 16:07:31
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Rabbit!
| Sm
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| | Description :
| We've crossed back over the first bridge, and while I rested, a rabbit came along...
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 18:39:51
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Rabbit!
| Sm
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| | Description :
| We've crossed back over the first bridge, and while I rested, a rabbit came along...
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 18:40:03
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Rabbit!
| Sm
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| | Description :
| We've crossed back over the first bridge, and while I rested, a rabbit came along...
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 18:40:13
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
|
| |  | | | | Going home.
| Sm
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| | Description :
| Going home! This picture is mostly for the timestamp, and shows our return to the cars, in one piece.
| | People :
| bert ? ? cfox
| | Location :
| Mt. Moosilauke, White Mountains, Benton, NH
| | Date :
| 01/06/2002 18:57:04
| | Event :
| Mt. Moosilauke hike, organized by Mike Whitson
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