New Hampshire Vacation - 7.28-8.15.2008

Two weeks hiking the Whites, and one week helping them.

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7.28 - Views over Lonesome Lake (blog)


Cannon Mountain behind Lonesome

Dam

Franconia Ridge - Lafayette, Lincoln and Little Haystack peaks

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Panorama of Cannon and the Franconia Ridge, behind Lonesome Lake

7.29 - Hiking out and over the Franconia Ridge (blog)


Cannon Mountain in the clouds

A morning moose at Lonesome (backside)

A morning moose at Lonesome (frontside)

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Looking back along the ridge

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Pretty alpine flowers

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Rockpile in fog

Cairn in the clouds

Alpine scrub

Through a sucker-hole, the notch

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The long road back

Looking inward, at Owl's Head

Owl's Head better

Similar, but framed

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Lincoln summit

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Great shot of the Pemi valley, with the ridge trail to the right

Similar, but more ridge-centric

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Galehead Hut from the col, zoomed

Same, unzoomed

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Lonesome Lake, hut to the left top

Signs on Lafayette summit

The cairns know the way...

Galehead Hut, from the cairn road

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Franconia Notch, southward

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Cannon Mountain lift

Franconia Ridge breaking through the clouds

Lafayette, invisible in the clouds

7.30 - Garfield Ridge (blog)


Franconia Ridge, from Garfield

Panorama of Garfield, Owl's Head, and the Franconia Ridge

8.1 - Twinway Eastbound (blog)


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Panorama from Guyot looking south over the Bonds

Panorama looking west/southwest from Zeacliff

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8.2 - Around the Highland Center, Crawfords Notch (blog)


Tourist Train Station, framing the mountains

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Southward view

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Cedar waxwing in a field

Better angle and tighter shot of same

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I was playing with some spheration in this shot of the Highland Center

Panorama of the Highland Center.
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8.3 - Southern Presidentials (blog)


Mizpah Hut, from afar

Panorama off of Jackson. Direction uncertain but believed to be east.

8.5 - Mt. Washington (blog)


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Cog Railroad

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8.7 - Pinkham Notch (blog)


This water-beaded web caught my eye

8.9 - Day with my parents in Franconia Notch (blog)


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Panorama of Franconia Notch and mom

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Southward panorama from Artisans' Bluff

8.10 - Unscheduled jaunt up Mt. Washington via Tuckerman Ravine(blog)


Carpe Diem

Road closed (too early)

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Crystal Cascade

A pair of hikers heading down

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The Tuckerman sidewall

Similar, portrait

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A distant panorama of the side and head -walls

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One of many cascades down the ravine

The headwall, very far up

Zoom on the headwall cascades

Another headwall panorama from deeper in the ravine

Berries

Headwall

Headwall with first-aid cache

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Framed zoom on headwall

Pretty white flowers. I shadowed them as they didn't show up when bleached by the ever-present sun

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Yet another headwall panorama, framed with nearby scrub

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Portrait of the headwall with a cascade underfoot

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Similar but landscaped

Cascade with a hiker for scale

Similar, but the entire headwall

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Looking up the headwall, wide

My first vertical panorama ever. Looking around 900' up the headwall: Truly magnificent

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Looking out over the ravine from the crest of the headwall

Panorama of the sidewall

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Pretty flowers

Closer

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Looking up Wash- a long way to go still

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A great ambiance panorama looking over the ravine, from the side of Washington

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From the face, looking down at Lakes of the Clouds, Mt. Monroe, et. al. and the trails

Zoom on Lakes of the Clouds hut - You can also see one of the lakes to the left

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A panorama I'm pretty thrilled about, I just got out of a cloud (left) and had a great series of pics of the Lakes area

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