RoySwkr
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I have climbed many peaks just over the line in ME during the NH deer season, but this wasn't one of them because the trails start in NH. I love hiking in fresh snow but hate trying to park in it! Lots more snow there than I expected there from the dusting I had at home. Neither of the roads to the N and S trailheads was plowed, finally I parked at the cemetery on Rte.153 and walked in to the S trailhead across from the cemetery on Newfield Rd. Both cemeteries contain graves with the same last name from the same era, just like the pair at Cedar Mtn - family disputes aren't new!
The trail is an unsigned old road starting between stone walls across from the cemetery. It crosses a dip where the puddles were frozen over then hidden by snow, then climbs to the col between the two bumps. The trail then heads up to the summit in ME, with a little spiral at the end. There is an extensive N view of the Moose Mtns over Province Lake, this would include the whole White Mtns on a less cloudy day. There are ledges and fireplaces off the summit to the S, but I got tired of sliding into hidden crevices and decided the area was best explored during blueberry season.
Having nothing better to do I decided to bushwhack over to the NH bump, which was easy in open woods. This time I saw the yellow signs and survey flagging when I crossed the state line, and on the way down I found a large vertical stone where the boundary crossed the ridge - maybe what the USGS shows just N of the ridge.
The trail is an unsigned old road starting between stone walls across from the cemetery. It crosses a dip where the puddles were frozen over then hidden by snow, then climbs to the col between the two bumps. The trail then heads up to the summit in ME, with a little spiral at the end. There is an extensive N view of the Moose Mtns over Province Lake, this would include the whole White Mtns on a less cloudy day. There are ledges and fireplaces off the summit to the S, but I got tired of sliding into hidden crevices and decided the area was best explored during blueberry season.
Having nothing better to do I decided to bushwhack over to the NH bump, which was easy in open woods. This time I saw the yellow signs and survey flagging when I crossed the state line, and on the way down I found a large vertical stone where the boundary crossed the ridge - maybe what the USGS shows just N of the ridge.
