Moats Traverse - A group, Oct 8, 2019

Frank, John, and Dick did a north to south traverse of the Moats on a nice clear and dry day. North and South Moat are on the 52WAV list. The north peak is the highest of the ridge, at 3196 ft, while the south peak is only 2770. Middle Moat is in between at 2805. All three peaks on the ridge provide nice views, but I'd give the nod to the north peak as having the best. It's like being tucked up right into the underbelly of the White Mountains, with a 360-degree wraparound view running from Chocorua to the SSW, sweeping around to take in the western whites, the Presidentials, the Wildcats and Carters, North Kearsarge towering over North Conway, and off into Maine to the east. Below is just part of all that, behind John and Frank, with Washington above and to the right of Frank.