Meeting with USFS

Dan Newton firming up our new Cooperator agreement with Jenny Burnett of USFS.

Snow Capped Mt. Washington

from summit of South Moat Mtn.

Trout Lillies on Mt. Tecumseh Trail

Summer Hikes with WVAIA

Hikes meet in Waterville Valley Town Square at 9:00 AM unless specified otherwise
Sat. May 29- Mt. Potash, L Gary. 4.4. miles r/t to ledgy summit at 2670 ft. Offers excellent views for relatively easy effort. Good early season outing. Leaves @ 9 AM
Fri. June 4- N. Kinsman via Mt. Kinsman Trail, L Dan
Sat. June 5– National Trail Day
Fri. June 18- Mt. Whiteface via Downes Brook Trail, L Dan
Sat. July 3- Volunteer Trail Day
Sat. July 10– Mt. Pierce, CANCELLED  L Harry. 6.4 miles r/t via Crawford Path and Webster Cliff Trail; 2400’ elevation gain to 4312 ft. summit. Moderate but steady climb. Fine views of Presidential Range. Leaves at 8:30 AM.
Sat. July 24– Mt. Liberty, CANCELLED  L Harry. 6.4 miles r/t via Liberty Spring and Franconia Ridge Trails; 3050’ elevation gain to the summit at 4459 ft. Ascends steadily and rather steeply at times to the Franconia Ridge Trail. Excellent views of Franconia Ridge. Leaves at 8:30 AM.
Sat. July 31- Mt. Moosilauke, L Gary. 6.8 mile hike up the Snapper trail, possibly the easiest route to the summit at 4802 feet. Leaves @ 8:30 AM, return by 4:30.
Sat. Aug 7– VolunteerTrail Day
Sat. August 21- Mt. Hale, L Gary. 4.4 mile r/t up the Hale Brook Trail to the exposed summit of Mt. Hale at 4054 feet. Leaves @ 8:30 AM
Sat. September 4- Mt. Israel, L Gary. 4.2 mile r/t up the Wentworth Trail to the summit at 2630 feet, affording good views of the Sandwich Range. Leaves @ 9 AM
Sat. Oct 2– Volunteer Trail Day

Dan's North Slide Adventure

RIGHT: View of the North Slide from the Scaur Ridge Trail. After three hours of hiking, we decided to continue to Pine Bend Brook Trail, despite the poor snow coverage. Snow line was about half way up the Scaur Ridge Trail. In the sun, it was hot, and the prospect of skiing the Slide was bleak, casting a pall of doubt over each step.

LEFT: Dan Newton and his dog Friday on Tripyramid ridge at the junction with the Pine Bend Brook trail. Later, after watching Dan ski down the strip of snow at the top of the slide, Friday schussed it, bounding straight down the face to greet his master, snow kicking up and pinwheeling and spraying out to the sides, as he slammed on the brakes, hoping for a goodie...




RIGHT: Brenda Conklin just below the summit of North Tripyramid. Still 2 to 3 feet of snow on the ridge. Thankfully, we met a pair of intrepid hikers who had cleared the Pine Bend Brook Trail of the many blowdowns leading up to the junction with the Mount Tripyramid Trail. Had they not done this, our progress would have put us at the top of the slide at 4:30PM

LEFT: During the descent, it rains, followed by a stunning rainbow arching over the slide, emblematic of the magical day...