On Sept. 16, a group of Turtle hikers climbed Mt. Pemigewasset on a beautiful day!

Lacey, Anne, Mary, Lea  photographer:  Tracy

Tuesday Sep 9, 2025 Kinsmans

A group of 8 hikers climbed the Kinsmans on Tuesday. We all found the new trailhead on Rt 116, paid the $10/car by putting money in a provided envelope and dropping that into the box. The Mt Kinsman trail ascends to the Kinsman Ridge Trail about 0.3 miles north of the N Kinsman summit. We then follow the Kinsman Ridge Trail, which is also part of the Appalachian Trail, over N Kinsman (4293) and continue to S Kinsman (4358). There is a big cairn made into the shape of a chair at the summit of S Kinsman. The descent goes back down the same trails. Along the way down, many of the hikers visited Bald Peak, a newly added 52 WAV.

Below are Deb, Brenda, Pat, Patsy and Michele at the intersection of the N Kinsman and Kinsman Ridge Trails. Behind them are the Cannon Balls and Cannon. To the right, in the distance, is Lafayette and Lincoln. Picture by Andy.

Below are Deb, Brenda, Patsy and Pat at the S Kinsman cairn. Picture by Andy.

Below, Patsy is enjoying the chair at S Kinsman.

Below are Doug and Pam at the cairn/chair at S Kinsman.

Below is the whole group at the trail intersection that goes to Bald Peak. L to R: Andy, Pam, Doug, Deb, Patsy, Pat, Brenda and Michele.

The weather and the views were excellent!

 On Sept. 9, the Turtles hiked to the top of Bald Knob.  One group headed back down from there, while the other one continued on to the top of Turtleback.

Mary, Lea, Mary, Jorge, Lorraine, Karen, Nancy, Ann, Peter

 On Sept. 12, the Friday Walkers hiked the Dot Banks trail to Lost Pond.  Since we usually do this hike in June, we very much appreciated the lack of bugs in September!

Charlie, Kathie, Carrie, Jane, Gen, John, Monty;  photographer:  Ricky

Aug 28th, Zealand Bonds Traverse, and Dick's over 80 finish of the 48 4,000 footers!

 On a picture perfect day, at the wee hours of the morning a group make the infamous car spot at Lincoln Woods, and then head to Zealand trail to start the long, and jaw dropping traverse back to the car 21 miles away.  This day was special, as at the conclusion, Dick celebrated his completion of his 8th round, this one while over the age of 80!  An impressive accomplishment indeed!  Congratulations, Dick!

Dick and his son, David

                                Michele, Jane, Dick, Deb, Dave, and not shown is Andy.

 On Sept. 5, the Friday Walkers hiked most of the trails at Page Pond.

Gen, John, Charlie, Ricky, Peter, Jane, John, Nancy  Photographer:  Ann

B group hikes Mt. Parker, Sep 4th

These late summer days are best enjoyed hiking the mountains of New Hampshire!  Here's to a Fifty Cent day on Mt. Parker. 

Brad, Katy, Ginger, Katherine and Andrea