North Pack Monadnock
Emilie Phillips
On a nice fall day we hiked up to the cliff on North Pack with our local friends.
Blue skies were the only thing missing to make it a perfect fall day. It started chilly, but warmed up by afternoon. The maples were in blazing red and orange color and the pines had dropped soft yellow needles in piles. The beech trees were mostly still green. We found a whole grove of witch hazel trees in bloom low on the mountain. Higher up, the blueberry bushes were deep red.
Isaac did really well hiking with another kid. He put in a good effort to keep up with Ian who is three years his senior. Eventually, though, Ian and Jason grew impatient and went ahead at full speed. Diane, Jason, and Ian haven’t hiked much, so we had fun teaching Diane how to find the trail. And we came up with a whole shopping list of equipment that would make hiking more fun.
Tyson has bicycled a lot this fall, so I was surprised when his knees hurt hiking down. Guess we need to cross-train with more hikes. 5.5 miles total.
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- Emilie and Diane
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- Approaching the waterfall feature
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- Tyson, Diane, and Isaac hiking in maple leaves.
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- Rest stop on a rock.
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- The whole group hiking up the hill.
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- Witch Hazel in bloom.
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- Maple leaves.
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- Isaac on top a rock.
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- Ian’s rest stop.
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- Fall colors.
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- Brilliant maple
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- Isaac taking a picture of the view.
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- Tyson and Isaac crossing an old stone wall.
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- View south along the Wapack ridge from North Pack.
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- Diane enjoying lunch with a view.
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- Tyson and Isaac eating lunch.
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- The whole group on the cliffs near the top of North Pack.
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- Jason climbing the North Pack cliff.
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- Hiking back down.
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- Isaac tree-ing Diane.
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- Yellow pine needles covering the ground.
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- Beech drops
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