Mount Chocorua - Albany, New Hampshire - When it comes to impressive mountains in New Hampshire, Mount Chocorua (3490 feet) in Albany is at the top of the list. One of the mountains on the 52 With a View hiking list, Mount Chocorua is the easternmost peak of the Sandwich Range. It is also part of the 6,100-acre Mount Chocorua Scenic Area, which was established in 1986. The legend of Chief Chocorua, which many believe the mountain is named for, ...

Jim Liberty Cabin, Mount Chocorua - Built in 1934, renovated in 1974, and repaired by the Forest Service in the early 2020s, the Jim Liberty Cabin is a one-room cabin located along the Liberty Trail (the old Chocorua Mountain Road), about one half-mile below the summit of Mount Chocorua (3,490 feet), in Albany, New Hampshire. It has limited occupancy for overnight guests, and it is first come, first served. The cabin replaced a previous cabin that was at the site ...

2024 Year in Review, White Mountains - Another year has gone by! It’s amazing how fast the years go by now. Here in the White Mountains, 2024 was busier than ever. Many trailheads were overflowing on the weekends, popular trails were overrun with peakbaggers trying to complete hiking lists, and town villages such as Lincoln village were gridlocked during the holidays and some weekends. Included here are a few of my favorite photographs from 2024. The commentary doesn't necessarily have ...

Gordon Fall - Randolph, New Hampshire - Pictured here is Gordon Fall on Snyder Brook in Randolph, New Hampshire during the summer months. Located within the Snyder Brook Scenic Area, along the Fallsway Trail, this waterfall (or cascade) is one of many in the Snyder Brook valley. This brook is located in Randolph and Low and Burbank's Grant, and the lower section of the brook travels through the 36-acre Snyder Brook Scenic Area..[Continue reading] ...

Bridges, Pemigewasset Wilderness - Since 2009, three bridges have been removed from the Pemigewasset Wilderness. At 45,000 acres, the Pemigewasset Wilderness is New Hampshire’s largest federally designated wilderness. For one reason or another, outdoor enthusiasts not familiar with the Pemigewasset Wilderness confuse these bridges. Two of the removed bridges crossed the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, and one crossed Black Brook. The suspension bridge at the start of the Lincoln Woods Trail is not in the Pemigewasset Wilderness...[Continue reading] ...

Black Brook Bridge, Wilderness Trail - Built in the late 20th-century, this steel beam footbridge was located along the Wilderness Trail, just beyond the former junction of the Wilderness Trail and the Bondcliff Trail, in New Hampshire’s 45,000-acre federally designated Pemigewasset Wilderness. It crossed Black Brook (also called Bear Brook) just above the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad’s legendary trestle No. 16; built in the early 1900s, this trestle collapsed in 2018. The steel beam bridge offered an excellent view ...

Home Comfort Stove, Wilderness Trail - Seen above in 2009 is an old Home Comfort Stove made by the Wrought Iron Range Company in St. Louis, Missouri. This protected artifact remains along the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (1893-1948) at the sight of logging Camp 18 in New Hampshire's Pemigewasset Wilderness. Today’s Wilderness Trail passes by this historic site...[Continue reading] ...

2023 Year in Review, White Mountains - Another year gone! Here in the White Mountains, the weather has been some of the strangest we have seen. As of today, there is just a dusting of snow in our front yard, and the White Mountains region is recovering from a major rainstorm. All the snow that was at the lower elevations melted during the rainstorm. At this point, we need a blizzard....[Continue reading] ...

Redrock Brook, Franconia Brook Trail - At the Redrock Brook crossing (above), along today’s Franconia Brook Trail in the Pemigewasset Wilderness, remnants of a bridge from the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (1893-1948) remained for many years. Active during the early 1900s, this branch of the railroad began at trestle No. 7 and ended at logging Camp 13. A few old books reveal that the origin of the name “Redrock” derives from the red feldspar rock that is in the ...

North Fork Junction, Thoreau Falls Trail - Seen here in 2017 is the trail junction of the Thoreau Falls Trail (left) and Wilderness Trail (right) in New Hampshire's Pemigewasset Wilderness during the winter months. While the White Mountains trail system has become overrun, during the dead of winter, solitude can still be found deep in the 45,000-acre Pemigewasset Wilderness. Both trails utilize the railroad bed right-of-way of the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (1893-1948)...[Continue reading] ...