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One of the killer aspects of our lodging in NH. A full on tramp room! Owner Nick Preston is a top dog freestyle coach out of Waterville Valley and has a training center at his Mountain Fare Inn. Suzi his wife made us a massive and tasty nordie sized breakfast before our 13mi hike. If it filled up the boys there was plenty of food for all!
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The boys about 1/2 way up just clearing tree line.
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The famous Cog. I really wish I could have taken that down! Keeping up with Jack “Mountain Goat” Elder and Gino ” Big Horn Sheep” Pastore was a futile effort of tripping, slipping and torn up leg muscles!
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The top at 6288feet, pretty high for the east! It was 60’s at the bottom 30’s at the top with ice blowing off the towers.
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Hamish went minimal…Using a shirt for hat/buff and socks for gloves.
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From the summit looking down to Wildcat Mt, Jackson NH and Maine and oh yeah the parking lot for those who drive their cars to the top.
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Heading down and across the southern Presidential Mountains Traverse. You can see the ribbon of trail following the ridge line.
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Waiting for the van at the Highland Center Lodge in Crawford Notch, just above Bretton Woods Nordic Center.
