I stopped for lunch at this spot partway up Mt Hale.
Another view from the same spot. I think that's Mt Field visible between the trees.
The patch of bright sky means I'm about to emerge from dense spruce
into the clearing on the summit.
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.
Another summit view, southwest toward North Twin Mountain.
More summit views - South Twin in the glare.
After returning to Zealand Falls Hut, I sauntered down to get some views of the eponymous Falls.
Detail of the unfrozen part of the falls.
Another shot of the falls.
Morning view from the hut's front porch. Zealand Notch (foreground) lines up neatly
with Carrigain Notch (on the horizon).
Similar shot, with slightly more emphasis on Whitewall Mountain, the western wall
of Zealand Notch.
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.
An unusually airy strand of birch low on the eastern shoulder of Zealand Mountain.
Nearing 4000 feet, glimpsing the summit of Zealand Mountain ahead.
From the viewpoint atop Zeacliff, a view south toward Mt Carrigain.
From the viewpoint atop Zeacliff, a view east over Whitewall toward Mt Willey.
More of the view from Zeacliff - Mounts Washington and Jefferson on the horizon.
Similar shot.
Mt Washington again, seen from the ridge just above the Zeacliff overlook.
This is the view from the summit of Zealand Mountain. Seriously.
From the ridge just west of the Zealand summit,
a partial view toward South Twin Mountain.
Another view toward Washington from the ridge west of Zealand's summit
- on-third of a panorama.
Second third of the panorama.
Third part of the panorama.
Another view from the ridge.
From the summit of Guyot, a view southeast to Mt Carrigain. Note the snow falling on
Carrigain's summit.
Guyot summit panorama: view south to Bond.
Guyot summit panorama: view south-southwest to Guyot's secondary peak and to West Bond.
Guyot summit panorama: view West to Franconia Ridge.
Guyot summit panorama: view Southwest to Liberty and Flume.
From Guyot's secondary peak, view south to Bond.
From Guyot's secondary peak, view southwest to West Bond.
From Guyot's secondary peak, view west (over Owl's Head) to the Franconia Ridge.
From Guyot's secondary peak, view northwest. I think the pointy peak is Galehead.
From Guyot's secondary peak, view north-northwest to South Twin.
From Guyot's secondary peak, view north-northeast to Guyot summit and Mt Washington.
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.
View southeast from Guyot's secondary summit.
View south-southeast to Carrigain and Bond.
View east-northeast to Washington.
A frozen stream on the return trip.
Stream detail.
Another detail from the same stream, showing a few different shapes of new ice growth.
Zealand Falls again.
One last shot of Zealand Falls.
The main room of Zealand Falls Hut.
Frozen waterfalls seem to be a theme of this trip...
Justyna posing for Michal's camera, somewhere on the east slopes of the Willey Range.
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.
Michal prepares to photograph the jays on the summit of Mt Tom.
You know you're crossing a stream if you hear a sickening crunching noise and feel
the ice beneath you starting to sink.
You can see Michal and Justyna grinning at my icebreaking misfortune!
Pearl Cascade.
Beecher Cascade.