Map
This is a homemade map of my birthday hike in the southern Presidential Range.
Isabelle
Springtime with catnip on the porch, who could ask for more?
Minnie
What?
Tiger
I am a mighty jungle beast.
Minnie
What?
Falls
from Mt. Pierce into Crawford Notch
Trail !?
Past 1500 feet trails in the Presidential Range can still have a lot of ice and snow in late Spring.
Summit
Marker (on the top of Mt. Pierce) with Boot
Eisenhower and Beyond
The view to the North along the Presidential range
Notch
The view North and down into Crawford Notch
Krumholtz (sp?)
Up here plants cling desperately to the rock and hunker down from the wind.
Eisenhower
On Top
On the cairn at the summit of Mt. Eisenhower (4780 feet). Those clouds began spitting rain and hail about ten minute later.
North
Further North along the Presidentials from Eisenhower. I turned back here in the rain.
Valley
Plants
It's hard to live on the windy peaks, so very little does.
More
Back Down
I walked down along this ridge over the col and the hump of Mt. Pierce and down the other side to Crawford Notch and a warm fire.
Notch
Crawford Notch looking to toward the South.
Quartz
Mizpah Hut
Trillium
The environment is more hospitable lower down on Mt. Pierce's slopes.
Sheepfold
This part of the Middlesex Fells belongs to the dogs.
Cairn
Guide to hikers or work of witches?
Minnie
Summer has come.