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Meteorological winter was pretty disappointing– very little snow and long periods of temps above freezing. Now that we’ve turned the page into meteorological spring and snowdrops and crocuses have been spotted in my hometown, we finally got some real snow in New Hampshire… and I went out to play in it!
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I broke one of my own rules this week– even though President’s Day was a company holiday, it sneaked up on me and I didn’t have my act together to make that 3-day weekend into a 4- or 5- day weekend. I still managed to get out for some fresh air though.
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It took a long time this winter, but finally the White Mountains lived up to their name.
On Friday 18 inches of snow fell in the White Mountains. It was cold during the storm and stayed that way through the weekend, which meant that the snow stayed dry and fluffy- a rare condition in the northeast!
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I was looking for something mellow and relatively short, so I set out on Cascade Path leading out of Waterville Valley.
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Heavy rain over the past couple of days inspired me to make the most of the drier but colder day of the weekend. Rain on Spring trails makes mud, and when you add hikers to that mix you end up with accelerated trail erosion, so I decided to keep to the old logging road that doubles as a winter cross country ski highway and a 3-season hiking trail.
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I’ll get this out of the way upfront: I’m not a big fan of snowshoes. They’re awkward to wear, cumbersome to carry, and my natural gait places one foot in front of the other, so the side by side snowshoe waddle feels particularly awkward and trip-prone. Nonetheless, I set out with my snowshoes for a hike up Smart’s Brook, and was glad to have them!
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While my favorite trail feature is a ridge line with dramatic valleys to either side, open ledges or exposed slab come in a close second. My beloved Welch-Dickey loop crosses two summits with spectacular views, but what makes it special to me is that so much of the hike is over bare granite slabs- where I can geek out over the exposed geology of the mountain.
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