Mt. Major Fire

May 3, 2008

Last week was the big fire on the Boulder Loop Trail. All I can say is, Wow. Something like 30 acres. Honestly, it looked like more.

As with anyone who sees it, this photo will be the lasting image. The fire on the summit left the trail itself alone.



It was so hot that the chunk of rock at the base of this boulder popped right out of the middle.



The downtrail terminus of the damage.















I hope this wasn't the start of something big...



Life on Mt. Major! We saw this guy (or his brother) on our last trip to Mt. Major.

East Rattlesnake Mt.

April 19, 2008

Not wanting to balance on a monorail further north we headed back to Squam Lake. The East Rattlesnake Trail was dry with just a bit of snow still on the summit. The Col Trail was very wet on the descent. We were surprised to see the extent of ice cover on the lake. Traveling by the beach heading back to town we saw kids in bathing suits on the sand as it was quite warm out. Quite a sight.



The girl of a 1000 faces...



Alone Mayflower peeking through.



The wet Col Trail.



Unidentified droppings...



Patients need healing on the trail, too.



The last bit of ice in a shaded area.



Just a bit of snow on the summit.

Piper Mt

April 5, 2008

Ooo, if there ever was an area that needs a new map like the Wonolancet map...this is it. There appears to be an abundance of trails in the area. Unfortunately, it appears that the only place you can pick up area trail maps is the Gilford, NH Library. The Library staff was very attentive when I went in...not for the lack of patrons either as the place was loaded. There are about a dozen maps of the area available. It would be great to get them pieced together on tyvek. All available maps are on paper.

The original plan was to do Belknap Mt. The access road was still closed so we opted to do Piper Mt. instead. Not a real thriller for the last snow romp of the year.

Muh shedding a layer..



Not a bad view from the top.



The best part of the day was discovering a plastic Easter Egg on the trail!