grouseking
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I went on what is possibly my 500th summit of Mt Moosilauke last Saturday. But it never disappoints! I brought (she says dragged) my girlfriend along, though I think she enjoyed it, to the point where we may be doing other larger scale hikes in the future, possibly more 4000 footers.
view from the lodge
Soon after the trip started, there was a little bit of new trail that I wasn't expecting. In fact, I hadn't seen this mentioned in previous trail reports up the Moose-a relocated section of the Gorge Brook trail, courtesy of Irene.
The new section was extremely pleasant with no rocks, but fairly muddy.
First view
Nearly the summit
At the summit, with 55 of our closest friends
One of my fav views from the Moose
Interesting clouds, at eye level
Looking back
Great view into the Tunnel Brook Ponds from South Peak
I always like looking down the AT...
Finally, we headed back to the car, with one slight side trip. In the interest of redlining, I decided to hit up a short section of the Hurricane trail, which also meant hiking a 1.4 mile section of the Carriage Path. Once you pass the Snapper Junction, the Carriage Path is a lovely, winding path through the woods, with soft footing, and a nice forest. The same can be said for the one mile stretch of the Hurricane Trail that heads back to Ravine Lodge. Here is a nice section of birches.
Before long, we were back at the lodge, and it was just a short road walk back to our parking spot. Time to scheme and see which mountain I can drag my girlfriend up next time, muahaha. No, really, she enjoyed it. Hope you liked my pics too!
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