Terrifying 25: Hi-Cannon Trail

Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 - It is still Beautiful Hiking Weather here in New England, so I'm going "far north" and bag a "Terrifying 25" up in Franconia Notch: "Hi-Cannon Trail".

On the map:
Yellow = "Required", have not climbed
Blue = "Optional", have not climbed
Green = "Have Climbed"

I have climbed 15 of them:

I'll be going up "Lonesome Lake Trail" for 0.4 miles, then take a right up "Hi-Cannon Trail for 2.0 miles (0.8 + 1.2), then take a left down "Kinsman Ridge Trail" for 0.4 miles, then left down "Lonesome Lake Trail" for 2.3 miles back to the parking lot (0.9 + 0.2 + 0.8 + 0.4):

The weather is supposed to be great (this time of the year I don't mind "cloudy"):

From my Breakfast-in-Boston, I was across from the parking lot at 11:20

I'm glad I'm not hitting any PEAKS today!

I did the loop-de-loop to get over to the parking lot, and started my hike at 11:40

Pretty Nice Trail:

10 minutes later I was at the turn to begin "Hi-Cannon Trail":

Let's just say that it IS NOT as easy-going as "Lonesome Lake Trail":

This is not "THE LADDER" which puts this trail on the "Terrifying 25" list, but I thought it deserved its own selfie:

At 12:49 I reached "The Ladder" - looks stable enough:

Right after that I got some GREAT VIEWS - the Franconia Notch Parkway and Lonesome Lake:

Pretty cool trail up here in the-forest-and-the-fog:

At 1;20 I finished "Hi-Cannon Trail" with its intersection with "Kinsman Ridge Trail":

All this moss means this is a VERY WET environment:

The 0.4-mile-trail going down IS VERY DANGEROUS and must be taken slowly. I passed a group of kids and their chaperones, and saw some nice views, with the sun trying to break through:

It took me over 20 minutes to get down to the intersection with "Lonesome Lake Trail":

There are nice boardwalks as you near "Lonesome Lake":

Lonesome Lake is BEAUTIFUL:

"Lonesome Lake Trail" continues down through the woods:

I finished a little before 3 PM, hiking 4.43 miles in 3 hours 11 minutes:

On Google Earth I can map today's hike (yellow) and the "Cannon Mountain hike" I did August 18, 2014 as part of my New Hampshire 4000 footers (read that blog here):

I headed back Home in time for dinner. Thank You God for this wonderful ADVENTURE DAY!

For my listening pleasure today - music from my silver nano:

Magic Man - Before the Waves, 2014 2nd album, last heard 2/27/2017:

The Head And The Heart - The Head And The Heart, 2011 1st album, last heard 2/28/2017 - nice vibe:

various - Garden State soundtrack, 2004 album, last heard 2/28/2017 - nice soundtrack album:

various - Bones: original TV soundtrack, 2008 album, last heard 3/08/2017 - another nice soundtrack album:

Air Traffic Controller - NORDO, 2012 2nd album, last heard 3/11/2017 - we love Air Traffic Controller:

American Authors - Oh, What A Life, 2014 debut album, last heard 3/11/2017 - good band:

Canned Heat - Cookbook: Their Greatest Hits (4 songs), 1969 album, last heard 3/11/2017 - I really like these 4 songs:

1 - Rollin' And Tumblin'
2 - Going Up The Country
3 - On The Road Again
4 - Fried Hockey Boogie

(they also did some Great Music on a double-album with John Lee Hooker called "Hooker 'n Heat")

Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about visiting Art Museums and National Parks (and hiking in the Rockies)
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52 With A View: Mount Kearsarge North

Thursday, October 31, 2024 - This is a zoomed-in map of the New Hampshire "52 With A View" - I have 19 to go (yellow). I'll do Mount Kearsarge North today:

After THE hike-in-the-woods-in-the-snow from 2 weeks ago (by taking a trail on the North Side of a mountain), I'm only doing trails-from-the-SOUTH for the rest of this year:

After my Breakfast-in-Boston, I headed NORTH, and was parked by 11:40

Fast hike through the woods:

Then it got subtly steeper as I made my way up to some ledges:

And that is when I lost the trail. When I reached the top of the ledges, there was no path-into-the-woods, so I went back down the ledges until I saw a cairn, and followed it off to the left:

You can see how I went astray:

Pretty cool trail going around the backside of The Mountain (maybe a bit gnarly):

I reached The Summit (and its Fire Tower) at 1:45

There was a USGS Marker, and some pretty cool views from the top of The Fire Tower:

Very Nice Trail on the way back down:

Another Great Hike - 6.07 miles in 3 hours 27 minutes:

I headed home, south on Route 16 - since I had time, I was able to stop 1-and-1/2 hours from home to take some pretty pictures:

What a LOVELY Day! Thank You God for this wonderful "52 With A View" day!

For my listening pleasure today - music from my silver nano (only works when plugged into power):

Thompson Square - Just Feels Good, 2013 2nd album, last heard 10/11/2016 - I like their country-love-songs:

The Lumineers - The Lumineers, 2012 debut album, last heard 2/22/2017 - a very good "roots" album:

Counting Crows - 2016/08/03 Bangor, ME, last heard 11/12/2016 - GREAT CONCERT (yes, I was there!):

After the hike:

Bill Evans - Alone, 1970 album, last heard 8/04/2016 - very nice piano music, driving through New Hampshire:

Bastille - Bad Blood, 2013 debut album, last heard 2/27/2017 - time for some loud music:

Dave Matthews Band - Away From The World, 2012 8th studio album, last heard 2/27/2017 - ok, but delete - I have enough DMB:

David Baerwald - Bedtime Stories, 1990 debut solo album, last heard 2/27/2017 - He is the "better half" of David + David (excellent album "Boomtown"):

Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about visiting Art Museums and National Parks (and hiking in the Rockies)
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