Onway Lake

Onway is a quiet shallow lake. Only one side is developed with the other side preserved as the Dearborn Estate.

A nice 2 mile paddle around. Blueberry bushes were plentiful. Pick from your boat!

Easy access via a state boat ramp at the north end on Langford Rd, Raymond, NH

Great Hill 1270'

September 4

Getting back into things slowly...a big bang for the effort desire led us to Great Hill in Tamworth. A spectacular view without getting winded.

There's a new solar powered antenna of some sort on the fire tower since the last time we were here.




Suki did not like the tower stairs!




A bunch of raptors were enjoying an updraft on the Chocorua side.




Less than 300' vertical gets you this spectacular view of Whiteface and Passaconaway.





How'd I know that was Passaconaway? The fire tower has great maps on each of the four sides.

Caverly Mt. - 1423'

Caverly Mountain
June 27, 2010

Another close to home jaunt. The plan was to do Devil's Den in New Durham. It's not very well documented on the web. I took what info I could find and broke out the Garmin. We took Rines Rd to Caverly to Devil's Den Rd. An internet posting about road conditions had me ditch the CRV about a half mile too early. Flying by the seat of my pants wasn't a great idea as I missed the turnoff to Devil's Den and headed straight up Caverly Mt. The bottom was a wide open snowmachine/ATV trail maintained by the Powder Mill Snowmobile Club. I found this map after the fact and might be convinced to search out more club maps. We'll talke another shot a Devil's Den soon...

The obligatory on-call shot (one of many calls!):



The snowmobile road finally gave way to a nice ledge trail at the top. The trail was loaded with low bush blueberries. We could have picked quarts and quarts of blueberries but only had the patience and back strength for a few mouthfuls.

A wild lily and the Ossipees in the distance.

The most luxurious ferns ever ;-)

Parker Mt. - 1410'

Parker Mountain
June 20, 2110

Back on the trail...finally. "Let's do something close to home." Parker Mountain fit the bill. Not much vertical in southeastern NH, sadly. A couple of short steeps but not much of a view from the top.


The Spencer Smith Trail (right about the time I figured out that this wasn't our first time here):





The remnants of some unlucky critter.



The critter that kept us off the trail for the last 18 months or so, Suki, taking a sip from Jr's bottle:

Sentinel Mt. - 1680'

Sentinel Mountain

August 30, 2008

After two weeks of shuttling scholars somewhere we were back on the trail. The Ossipee area is getting some buzz now that a good trail map has materialized. 

An overcast day minimized the view from the top. Looking out over Dan Hole Pond toward Camp Sentinel. 

The obligatory call with Canaan Mt. over Muh's shoulder.

Muh checking out our first cache in a long time. A pretty lame one.

The highlight of the day was finding and picking about a pint of delicious blackberries on the way down.

There were even a few wild raspberries...which tasted "interesting."

Arethusa Falls - 2000'

Arethusa Falls

August 10, 2008

Little Missy came home from her summer research and we took the long drive up to Crawford Notch to visit Arethusa Falls. The trail was in miserable shape. Tons of tourists ripping up the muddy trail. Tourists? Yes, the kind who thought we were geniuses for bringing "ski poles" with us.

The babes and the scenery were photogenic today.

Purple fungus!

Falls and Dolls

The whole gang (-1)...

Who's the Mommy and who's the daughter?

The "model" pose...

Duh's getting some sugar...

Sunset Hill - 1800'

August 2, 2008

Muh had an ulterior motive on this one. We had to combine a quick hike with a trip to the spectacular New Hampshire League of Craftsman's Fair. We parked in The Fells parking lot and went across the street to the Sunset Hill trail head. This was pretty much a blind hike. We had no idea what to expect. The view from the top was a bit obscured.



The Fair was across Lake Sunapee at the base of the ski area (of which we had a good view).




A few Indian Pipes casting long shadows.