On Aug. 23, the Turtles hiked Bald Knob. The day was cloudy, but it didn't rain!
Ritva, Jorge, Ricky, Jane, Mary D, Tracy, Mary M, Peter
Three of us wanted a longer hike, so headed up to Turtleback!
Mary M, Peter, Tracy
Thursday, August 18, 2022
August 15 Zealand Bonds Traverse
Three hikers from OTHH made the 20 mile hike from the Zealand trailhead to Lincoln Woods. Carol C and Doug W completed the hike in one day while Larry "enjoyed" a night at the Guyot Campsite and finished the following day. The hike includes the summits of Zealand (4260), Guyot (4580, not an official 4000 footer), West Bond (4540), Bond (4698) and Bondcliff (4265).
Zealand does not offer any views but the views from all the other summits are quite spectacular.
The picture below shows the happy hikers at the Zealand trailhead: Larry, Doug and Carol.
The photo below shows the Zealand summit.
The picture below is near the Bondcliff summit and shows the West Bond summit off to the left.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Osceolas - August 15, 2022
There were three different OTHH hikes going on yesterday, among them a trip by four of us up to the main peak of Osceola, over to the east peak, then back over the main peak and down to the cars. We had a really good weather day for this, with outstanding long views. Below are Tom, Dick, Marie, and Doug B at the top of East Osceola. There were no views right there, but the route over did have some nice ones.
Friday, August 12, 2022
Square Ledge, Mt Hibbard - August 11, 2022
Five of the OTHH took a long (9+ mile) hike, with over 3000 ft of elevation gain, into the Sandwich Wilderness on a fairly decent weather day. The route took us first to Square Ledge (formerly a 52WAV), then on and up to a junction with the Walden trail, then down over the top of Mt Hibbard. Hibbard is an unremarkable summit, which we almost missed noticing! The area we explored doesn't seem to see a lot of hikers, at least not midweek, and we didn't see any others at all the whole day. Below, at a lookout on Square Ledge, with Mt Paugus in the background are Jean, Bruce, Katherine, and Robin (pic by Dick).
Thursday, August 4, 2022
B group hikes Mt. Success, Aug 4th, 2022
The B group hiked Mt. Success, on a hot and humid kinda day. The steep trail led its way to a beautiful outlook of ledges, followed by a .7 mile stretch along the Appalachian Trail. We did not venture off to find the sight of the DC-3 airplane crash, as getting back before the 96 degrees got the better of us was most important. It really was a nice hike... I'd call it a success, ha ha.
Patsy, Doug, Tracy, Katherine, Steve, and Leanne
Doug helping us identify all the peaks we see.
North Twin, South Twin, Galehead - August 3, 2022
Five of the OTHH made the 12-mile loop up over the Twins, then down to Galehead Hut and the short climb to the peak above there, and finally out the Gale River Trail to the cars dropped there at the start of the day. Visibility was great for long views over the north end of the Pemigewasset Wilderness and beyond. Below is Doug B. at the top of South Twin, with Mt Guyot and the Bonds to his right.
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