Sorry, ’Fox, Frankenstein Cliff was correct.
And Jazzbo of course identified the view from the ledge below Whaleback.
Jazzbo, I was there two months ago, to climb the 3K peak South Whaleback. It was a miserable hike, rain off-and-on all day long (Picture #10 from in front of The Mountain Wanderer was taken the same day), and I was soaked to my underwear. My summit photo was a mess, as I was shivering so violently. Couldn’t stop shaking, but not so hypothermic I was considering removing clothes, thank goodness. Anyway, the summit is the bump farther from the col, natch, not the closer one as the most recent AMC map indicates -- and after I returned to the col, I decided to go up Whaleback as far as the view ledge, which was higher up than I expected it to be. Had I but known I was as close to the Whaleback summit as I was, I would have gone on to tag it, but after taking some pictures, I headed back down. And it immediately began to rain again. I remember just one sizable blowdown along the trail. I think there may have been faint herd paths on either side of it. I was surprised the trail was in as good of shape as it was in; well marked, plenty of blazes. I even noticed one wood AMC sign just below the ledge during my descent... which some eager ranger will probably now go up and remove. There were some wet places below the col; not surprising, considering the summer we had and the day’s rain, and I lost the trail a few times for short stretches here and there, but all in all, thoroughly enjoyable but for the weather.
The tent-like arrangement of sticks was on the left, just before a stream crossing about a mile in. When I saw it, I knew it would make a good entry for a photo quiz.
MichaelJ, you’re in the right neighborhood with your guess for Number 4, but on the wrong side of the highway. Is West West Scar the true summit, rather than the originally canistered summit? I read in a recent report that it too now has its own canister. I wish that had been the case when I (think) I climbed it a few years ago. Hard to be sure without confirmation. (I made it back to the summit with the AMC canister 15 months later, just so there would be no doubt.)
NewHampshire, I had a sneaking suspicion that that area on Wildcat Ridge had been obliterated. I thought I’d recently read about some changes up there. They replaced the steps, too, didn’t they?
