1. Mt. Monadnock
  2. 2012

Sunset 08-07-2012 Climb

Having never been on the summit of Monadnock for the sunset, I was thinking I should get around to that. So I left work a bit early in order to squeeze that in on a less busy day on the mountain. I took the direct route up to save time. I had plenty of time to catch my breath on the summit before the sun set. There were just a few other hikers that were all headed down before sunset. Temps were nice and it was just a little windy. The sunset was good and as an added bonus I was able to walk within about 20 feet of a young whitetail deer buck on my way down. I've been close to deer on the mountain before, but had never actually seen one while hiking. He had some nice antlers developing and pretty much just stared at me (probably wondering what the headlamp shinning at him really was).
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View west from the summit shortly before sunset
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View west from the summit shortly before sunset

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  • Pumpelly Ridge as sunset nears
  • My gear setup ready to catch the sunset
  • View to the south nearing sunset.  Bald Rock on the left, Monte Rosa on the right and Gap Mountain behind
  • Even rocks on the summit are getting in the shadows now
  • There were two red squirrels running around the summit area looking for scraps that people had dropped
  • View to the northeast nearing sunset
  • Dublin Lake to the north.  To hazy in the distance to see up to the White Mountains
  • Summit rocks near sunset
  • Looking between the rocks to Pack Monadnock
  • The mountains shadow is getting longer
  • The golden light of a nearing sunset on Monte Rosa
  • Pumpelly Ridge with the glow of a nearing sunset
  • View northwest from the summit shortly before sunset
  • View east over the summit shortly before sunset
  • View northeast from the summit shortly before sunset
  • View north from the summit shortly before sunset
  • View south from the summit shortly before sunset
  • View east over summit shortly before sunset
  • View west into Vermont from the summit shortly before sunset
  • View west from the summit shortly before sunset
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