On our last trip to the White Mountains in May, we stopped by the Mountain Wanderer Book Store and picked up Steve’s book Ponds and Lakes of the White Mountains, which inspired today’s mini hikes. We were looking for a few mini hikes to loosen up our legs after yesterday’s trek to Zeacliff. Added bonus, a…
We have a bonus day in the Whites, where to go, what to see? We’ve been itching to see the views from Zeacliff (and itch we will on top of Zeacliff)for a while now. Today seemed like a prime day for this hike. We parked at Zealand and hit the trail, knowing the first 2.8…
We attempted this hike last June (see report), but the swarms of mosquitos turned us back shortly after we hit the Presidential Rail trail. We thought a nice April hike would be free of those nasty bugs and the snow-capped mountains would be beautiful. We were correct on both accounts, no bugs and the…
One of our favorite places in the North Woods is the Nash Stream Forest. One of our favorite trails systems meanders here, the Cohos Trail. We love the long unpaved road to get to the trail heads. We love the solitude of the forest. We love beauty of the Cohos Trail. In order to…
I may or may not have broken my little toe last week, so that means a no peak hike. I could finally putting on hiking shoes two days ago and downs are painful, so we had to opt for an easier hike. Hmmm, like most mornings in the Whites for us that means trying to…
We came to the mountains this weekend prepared for fall hiking, not winter hiking. We expected to see snow on Mt. Washington, but not the other peaks. As we drove around the area it looked like someone had sprayed canned snow on the a lot of the mountaintops. We knew we weren’t prepared to…