Some of the best known and most traveled trails of the White Mountains are known as Paths not Trails. Research shows these are also some of the oldest trails in the Whites. Does anyone have any knowledge or stories about when the nomenclature changed? Crawford Path appears to be the oldest dating to 1819. I am looking forward to hiking a section of the Davis Path (1845) next month since I've only done small pieces of it in the past. Other famous Paths include Lowes Path (1875), Israel Ridge Path (1892), and Randolph Path (1893), all on the northern slopes. Edmands Path (1909) came a little later. I've done all or large sections of most of these and they are some of my favorite trails in the Whites. Am I missing any other big ones?
Late August I'll be climbing the Davis Path from 302, ascending to Mt Crawford and continuing on to Stairs Mountain with its distinctive profile. I hope to hit Mt Resolution on the way back. I know its about a half mile down the Mt Parker Trail and then a scramble across open ledge to the summit of Resolution. Any visual cues that might make it obvious when to start whacking to the left? No GPS coordinates please, I'm just navigating by dead reckoning. Also, will the views from Crawford Dome be about the same as Crawford? Or is it worth scrambling up to that secondary peak?
Late August I'll be climbing the Davis Path from 302, ascending to Mt Crawford and continuing on to Stairs Mountain with its distinctive profile. I hope to hit Mt Resolution on the way back. I know its about a half mile down the Mt Parker Trail and then a scramble across open ledge to the summit of Resolution. Any visual cues that might make it obvious when to start whacking to the left? No GPS coordinates please, I'm just navigating by dead reckoning. Also, will the views from Crawford Dome be about the same as Crawford? Or is it worth scrambling up to that secondary peak?