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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