RoySwkr
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Several years ago I finished my project of visiting a different summit on each calendar date, but now ListsofJohn requires a "ranked" peak to have a 300' col and several of mine didn't including many 4k. So I decided to upgrade my list, and go one better by getting a 100m=328' col since we may switch to the metric system any century now.
So now I'm visiting increasingly obscure bushwhack peaks, and usually leave home with several maps in case there are access issues. My first choice was Wilson Hill in Deering NH, and things didn't start off propitiously when the first 2 town roads I tried to get there on had missing bridges with detours necessary. The USGS map showed the closed approach road as double-dashed, but fortunately it had been upgraded to good gravel. There was a long string of No Trespassing signs along the road and I wondered if I'd have to go elsewhere, but at the closest spot to the summit I suddenly saw a SPNHF sign and gate!
I walked up the woods road which didn't stop at the log landing but circled beyond, in fact it had stone walls alongside and probably wasn't built for logging. After passing some fields with half a dozen kinds of wildflowers, it ended at a summit clearing which doesn't meet Carole's standard of a 360 view from a single point but you can do pretty well by
wandering around. Crotched is the nearest obvious peak. The SPNHF is planning to put more property information on their website and I can't wait to read about this one! I wound up with a hike so short and easy that I won't even log it for WalkNH.
So now I'm visiting increasingly obscure bushwhack peaks, and usually leave home with several maps in case there are access issues. My first choice was Wilson Hill in Deering NH, and things didn't start off propitiously when the first 2 town roads I tried to get there on had missing bridges with detours necessary. The USGS map showed the closed approach road as double-dashed, but fortunately it had been upgraded to good gravel. There was a long string of No Trespassing signs along the road and I wondered if I'd have to go elsewhere, but at the closest spot to the summit I suddenly saw a SPNHF sign and gate!
I walked up the woods road which didn't stop at the log landing but circled beyond, in fact it had stone walls alongside and probably wasn't built for logging. After passing some fields with half a dozen kinds of wildflowers, it ended at a summit clearing which doesn't meet Carole's standard of a 360 view from a single point but you can do pretty well by
wandering around. Crotched is the nearest obvious peak. The SPNHF is planning to put more property information on their website and I can't wait to read about this one! I wound up with a hike so short and easy that I won't even log it for WalkNH.
