1. Mt. Monadnock
  2. 2012

04-07-2012 Climb

My second hike of the year. It was clear and mostly sunny. The temperature on the summit was 35 degrees. The wind was blowing almost constant at 18 mph making for a windchill of 23 degrees. Almost all the ice and snow was gone, we just need the leaves to come out now.
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Taking the Old Halfway House Trail with it's gentle start to the climb
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Taking the Old Halfway House Trail with it's gentle start to the climb

Monadnock8456

  • Taking the Old Halfway House Trail with it's gentle start to the climb
  • The first view of the summit from the site of the old halfway hosue
  • A closer look at the summit
  • View from a cleared patch at the old halfway house site
  • View from a cleared patch at the old halfway house site
  • Now heading up the Monte Rosa Trail
  • The area around Sweetwater Spring
  • Sweetwater Spring.  Not much water coming up right now
  • View to the southwest along an old abandoned trail
  • Looking up to the summit along the Great Pasture Trail
  • View over the trees up to the summit
  • Nearing the top of the Great Pasture Trail and Monte Rosa
  • View to the west over the Great Pasture Trail from the peak of Monte Rosa
  • Monte Rosa provides a great view up to the summit
  • A damp section of the Smith Summit Trail
  • The trail heads over the bare rock between the wet grassy patches
  • The trail going up a smooth bare rock incline
  • Looking out to the southwest back over the trail
  • The Smith Summit Trail heading up the rocks above treeline and coming out of the bushes
  • Looking over the bare rock that now surrounds the trail
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