1HappyHiker
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Many of you are undoubtedly familiar with the legend of Native American chief named Chocorua, but for those who are not; you can click HERE for the details. But the long & short of it is that just before dying Chief Chocorua allegedly put a curse on the people in the area now known as Tamworth.
Well, on our trek to Mt. Chocorua, Zman and I wondered if the curse was perhaps still alive on this particular day in the form of a pestilence (in this case, hoards of bugs!). As we approached the summit, we wondered why on such a glorious sunny and windless day, there were no folks congregated at the high point on the summit of Chocorua. We soon found out! We sat down and soon were attacked by massive numbers of crawling and flying insects. We didn’t stay around long enough to determine if the flying ones were the same as the crawling ones; much less take time to photograph them!!
But, other than the “curse of Chocorua” bug-attack, we had a very enjoyable trek to the summit via the Champney Falls & Piper Trail. On the way up we took a short off-trail detour at about 2700 feet to bushwhack to a ledge on the NW arm coming off Chocorua. This is a very pleasant spot with some good views (photos below shows examples of views form there).
Once we got back on the Champney Falls Trail, we continued our trail-chatter about a variety of topics including a comical (at least to us!) exchange about the “carry-in/carry-out” policy. This could likely be the topic of an entire thread, but the conversation devolved into things that folks might carry in, but might be yucky to carry out. I’ll go no further!
Upon arriving at the summit area of Mt. Chocorua, we of course took some obligatory photos, two of which are shown below.
Although Mt Chocorua is not a 4K peak (weighs in at just under 3500’), it’s one of the most climbed NH mountains, and many would agree that it’s one of the most picturesque mountains in the Whites.
1HappyHiker
Well, on our trek to Mt. Chocorua, Zman and I wondered if the curse was perhaps still alive on this particular day in the form of a pestilence (in this case, hoards of bugs!). As we approached the summit, we wondered why on such a glorious sunny and windless day, there were no folks congregated at the high point on the summit of Chocorua. We soon found out! We sat down and soon were attacked by massive numbers of crawling and flying insects. We didn’t stay around long enough to determine if the flying ones were the same as the crawling ones; much less take time to photograph them!!
But, other than the “curse of Chocorua” bug-attack, we had a very enjoyable trek to the summit via the Champney Falls & Piper Trail. On the way up we took a short off-trail detour at about 2700 feet to bushwhack to a ledge on the NW arm coming off Chocorua. This is a very pleasant spot with some good views (photos below shows examples of views form there).
Once we got back on the Champney Falls Trail, we continued our trail-chatter about a variety of topics including a comical (at least to us!) exchange about the “carry-in/carry-out” policy. This could likely be the topic of an entire thread, but the conversation devolved into things that folks might carry in, but might be yucky to carry out. I’ll go no further!
Upon arriving at the summit area of Mt. Chocorua, we of course took some obligatory photos, two of which are shown below.
Although Mt Chocorua is not a 4K peak (weighs in at just under 3500’), it’s one of the most climbed NH mountains, and many would agree that it’s one of the most picturesque mountains in the Whites.
1HappyHiker
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