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 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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