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Mount Monadnock - March 13, 2005

This was our fall-back hike due to questionable weather forecast for further north. Turned out to be a mostly good day, and we had lots of fun in the deep snow that had fallen the day before.
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you should see an image here Typical of the lower slopes - you can see prints from somebody who must have come this way in the middle of the snowstorm - they're only half snowed-in.
you should see an image here First time breaking out of the trees.
you should see an image here A big ledge with a view. We stopped here for lunch.
you should see an image here View of the summit from our lunch ledge.
you should see an image here Justyna struggles a bit in the deep snow, following Michal to the top of our lunch ledge.
you should see an image here View to the summit from the top of our lunch ledge. Our route will take us along the ridge you see on the left of the summit.
you should see an image here Back into the trees for a while.
you should see an image here And briefly back out as we cross some big boulders.
you should see an image here The last section of trees was probably the steepest part of the trail.
you should see an image here Finally getting out of the trees and onto the final ridge.
you should see an image here Michal and Justyna climbing the summit cone as a snow squall sweeps in.
you should see an image here Winter view of "my tree" - part of my Monadnock Time Series.
you should see an image here Another view of "my tree".
you should see an image here The summit was somewhat crowded - altogether we saw at least a dozen other people.
you should see an image here Another summit view
you should see an image here One more summit iew - this one shows the northeaster ridge (Pumpelly Trail).