2. Mt. Monadnock
  3. 2018

09-29-2018 Climb

After some family stuff in the middle of the day, I took an afternoon hike up Mt. Monadnock. I did a bit of a longer route to the summit hitting some trails that have been abandoned for a short time now. There was plenty of sun this afternoon with a bit of wind and cooler temps at the summit.
Overall the hike was 5.85 miles with a total of 1,892 feet of elevation gain. For an extra photographic challenge today, I took all my pictures with my 24mm lens. This helped me slow down and look at the some of the smaller things on the trail along the way
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Just after stating up the Halfway House Trail
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Just after stating up the Halfway House Trail

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  • Just after stating up the Halfway House Trail
  • A colorful leaf on the ground. More of these will be coming in the next few weeks
  • The trail crossing through a stone wall
  • Leaves coming off a small branch
  • Moss growing on a rock next to the trail
  • The texture of an old rotting log
  • These piece of an old branch stood out very well being in its own spot of sunlight
  • Ferns have a lot of different patterns going on in them
  • This old tree fell over a couple years ago. Lots of people really liked the tree. I always found in interesting that you could look through the base of the tree in four directions. Of course, that is ultimately what led to it falling over
  • The view from the Old Halfway House Site
  • The first glimpse of the summit
  • The sign is missing, but this is the start of the Sidefoot Trail
  • Small plants on the forest floor
  • A white blaze helping mark the trail
  • Ferns growing out of a crack in a bit rock next to the trail
  • Starting up the now abandoned Hedgehog Trail
  • One of the primary reasons for closing the Hedgehog Trail a few years ago was erosion on its lower sections and the lack of a good way to divert water out of it. There isn't much topsoil to help in building water bars
  • A curved pattern can be seen in this piece of rock sticking out of the ground
  • Above the eroded section of the Hedgehog Trail, it's actually a very nice walk through some open softwoods
  • Near the top, the Hedgehog Trail goes over some large rocks
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