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Twin Range Hiking Trip - January 2005

Four days of hiking in the White Mountains.
Also see Michal's photos of this trip.
Photos are organized by date, with a bit of narrative for each day.
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Jan 15

Having hiked in to Zealand Falls Hut after dark, spent the morning resting and the afternoon hiking Mt Hale. Meanwhile Michal & Justina continued on and set up camp at Guyot Campsite.

you should see an image here I stopped for lunch at this spot partway up Mt Hale.
you should see an image here Another view from the same spot. I think that's Mt Field visible between the trees.
you should see an image here The patch of bright sky means I'm about to emerge from dense spruce into the clearing on the summit.
you should see an image here View from the summit, obtained by standing on a pile of rubble from a destroyed building. Mount Field at right, Mount Tom to its left.
you should see an image here Another summit view, southwest toward North Twin Mountain.
you should see an image here More summit views - South Twin in the glare.
you should see an image here After returning to Zealand Falls Hut, I sauntered down to get some views of the eponymous Falls.
you should see an image here Detail of the unfrozen part of the falls.
you should see an image here Another shot of the falls.

Jan 16

Hiked out to Mt Guyot (over Zealand Mountain) to meet Michal & Justyna on their return trip to the hut.
you should see an image here Morning view from the hut's front porch. Zealand Notch (foreground) lines up neatly with Carrigain Notch (on the horizon).
you should see an image here Similar shot, with slightly more emphasis on Whitewall Mountain, the western wall of Zealand Notch.
you should see an image here Detail of a half-frozen stream at the eastern end of the Twinway Trail. After a week of very warm weather, new ice was just beginning to form.
you should see an image here An unusually airy strand of birch low on the eastern shoulder of Zealand Mountain.
you should see an image here Nearing 4000 feet, glimpsing the summit of Zealand Mountain ahead.
you should see an image here From the viewpoint atop Zeacliff, a view south toward Mt Carrigain.
you should see an image here From the viewpoint atop Zeacliff, a view east over Whitewall toward Mt Willey.
you should see an image here More of the view from Zeacliff - Mounts Washington and Jefferson on the horizon.
you should see an image here Similar shot.
you should see an image here Mt Washington again, seen from the ridge just above the Zeacliff overlook.
you should see an image here This is the view from the summit of Zealand Mountain. Seriously.
you should see an image here From the ridge just west of the Zealand summit, a partial view toward South Twin Mountain.
you should see an image here Another view toward Washington from the ridge west of Zealand's summit - on-third of a panorama.
you should see an image here Second third of the panorama.
you should see an image here Third part of the panorama.
you should see an image here Another view from the ridge.
you should see an image here From the summit of Guyot, a view southeast to Mt Carrigain. Note the snow falling on Carrigain's summit.
you should see an image here Guyot summit panorama: view south to Bond.
you should see an image here Guyot summit panorama: view south-southwest to Guyot's secondary peak and to West Bond.
you should see an image here Guyot summit panorama: view West to Franconia Ridge.
you should see an image here Guyot summit panorama: view Southwest to Liberty and Flume.
you should see an image here From Guyot's secondary peak, view south to Bond.
you should see an image here From Guyot's secondary peak, view southwest to West Bond.
you should see an image here From Guyot's secondary peak, view west (over Owl's Head) to the Franconia Ridge.
you should see an image here From Guyot's secondary peak, view northwest. I think the pointy peak is Galehead.
you should see an image here From Guyot's secondary peak, view north-northwest to South Twin.
you should see an image here From Guyot's secondary peak, view north-northeast to Guyot summit and Mt Washington.
you should see an image here basically the same shot - I got in the habit of repeating my snaps to be sure they got recorded, since my battery was very weak due to the cold.
you should see an image here View southeast from Guyot's secondary summit.
you should see an image here View south-southeast to Carrigain and Bond.
you should see an image here View east-northeast to Washington.
you should see an image here A frozen stream on the return trip.
you should see an image here Stream detail.
you should see an image here Another detail from the same stream, showing a few different shapes of new ice growth.
you should see an image here Zealand Falls again.
you should see an image here One last shot of Zealand Falls.
you should see an image here The main room of Zealand Falls Hut.

Jan 17

We hike back out to Crawford Notch the same way we hiked in, except this time we don't get lost in the dark, so we have time to visit Mt Tom and some cascades in the Notch.
you should see an image here Frozen waterfalls seem to be a theme of this trip...
you should see an image here Justyna posing for Michal's camera, somewhere on the east slopes of the Willey Range.
you should see an image here It was snowing when we reached the summit of Mt Tom, but that didn't deter the grey jays who came looking for a handout.
you should see an image here Michal prepares to photograph the jays on the summit of Mt Tom.
you should see an image here You know you're crossing a stream if you hear a sickening crunching noise and feel the ice beneath you starting to sink.
you should see an image here You can see Michal and Justyna grinning at my icebreaking misfortune!
you should see an image here Pearl Cascade.
you should see an image here Beecher Cascade.