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    Base Road - Marshfield Station Parking Status???

    FYI, on Thursday afternoon the parking lot was still gated shut.
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    Franconia Ridge Traverse, Lafayette to Flume, 1/21/2012

    I believe it was Guy Waterman, longtime caretaker of Franconia Ridge Trail, who came up with the name "Truman Peak."
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    Geology of Mt. Washington

    FYI, both the new geology map and a new reprint edition of Lee Vincent's book, Ten Year on the Rock Pile, can be found at www.bondcliffbooks.com
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    Snowmagedon Reports 1_12

    So far it hasn't been much of a storm up here in Littleton--just lots of wind and maybe a half-inch of blown-about snow.
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    Mt. Clinton Road and Jefferson Notch Road

    The gate to Jefferson Notch Road (from the Cog Base Road) was open Thursday afternoon so I guess we can all assume the road is now open. The previous day it was still closed.
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    Ok, I'll do it... BIG SNOW STORM(s) 2/17, 2/19!

    This was truly an elevation event. Here in Littleton we had a brief mix of rain and snow at around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, then all rain and wind after that. Instead of adding to our snow on the ground, over the last two days we've lost just about everything we had. Hard to believe that just a...
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    Hawthorne Falls Success - 09/02/09

    Stunning photos for sure! Somewhere in my files I have a newspaper article from the 1870s that was written shortly after the falls were first discovered. If I can track it down I'll make copies and make sure I get a copy for you (and John). Your uncle would be very proud of your photographic...
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    Have I Got a Nice Little Cabin in the Woods For You! (31-Aug-2009)

    Great stuff, John. Where there any remains of the fire tower scattered about the summit? Just curious.
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    Construction starting up on RT 2 in Randolph

    I drove past the work zone today and right now all they are doing is cutting trees and brush on the south side of the highway. A note in today's Coos County Democrat says the completion date for the Route 2 project is August 27, 2010, so I guess we can expect a year's worth of stops and starts.
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    not without peril

    The night of the Mt. Madison tragedy chronicled by Nick Howe in Not Without Peril was one of my more memorable nights in the Whites as well. The previous day I had hiked up to the Zeacliffs where I camped out for the night. Shortly after I set up my tent in the woods not far from the cliffs, a...
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    New Place in Town (Franconia) for Breakfast

    There's also the renowned Polly's Pancake Parlor just up the road a few miles in neighboring Sugar Hill.
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    Help: We need a hiking minister

    Make that "weddings" and not "weedings." Wouldn't want anyone to think this JP was uprooting fragile alpine vegetation.
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    Help: We need a hiking minister

    How about a Justice of the peace instead of a minister? There's one in Whitefield, NH, who has performed summit weedings in the past, including one atop Bondcliff.
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    Dickerman report on FTFC annual meeting

    Foster's usually archives my columns on their website. Unfortunately, my article on the recent 4000-Footer club meeting isn't archived yet. FYI, The Record Enterprise stopped running my column a year ago due to budget cuts by the publisher, Salmon Press. The column still runs in The Courier of...
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    Removal of suspension bridge in Pemi Wilderness

    The suspension bridge was built in 1959-1960 and opened to use in the fall of 1960. Prior to that, hikers utilized the former No. 17 Trestle, which stood a few hundred feet downstream of the bridge. (If you've visited the bridge, you no doubt have seen the trestle abutments.) The trestle was...
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    Removal of suspension bridge in Pemi Wilderness

    I just finished writing a column about this for next week's edition of the Littleton Courier. It will include several quotes from a Pemi District staffer who was kind enough to talk to me at length about the proposal two weeks ago. If no significant new issues are raised through the scoping...
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    Highways in the Whites

    The center lane guardrail on the FN Parkway went up in the mid-1990s after there were a couple of fatal head-on collisions in the Notch, one involving a large family from Mass. (?) and the other a local man from Lincoln. The effort to have the guardrail barrier installed was spearheaded by a...
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    Winter Storm Watch Wed>Thurs (2/18-19)

    After receiving virtually no snow Wednesday night and the first half of Thursday, six inches of powder fell last night here in Littleton and we've received another two this morning and it's still snowing hard. The elevation of my home is almost exactly 1000 feet above sea level, so I can only...
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    Musings about the Highland center

    Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I do not believe the Highland Center is situated on public land, as previously stated. AMC owns that property and has for a number of years.
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    Jan. 11 snow thread

    We're up to 8" of incredible powder here in Littleton, and it's still snowing lightly. It's easy to shovel and it's great "snowshoeing" snow.
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