We actually did stuff in November, I was just too busy at work to find time to post about it. This was a half day hike we did starting from the Cannon tram parking lot. The trail itself was awfully washed out. In places we were hiking up a gravel canyon as deep as my shoulders. We saw flagging indicating a trail crew is planning to come and add water bars. That seemed like too little too late.
Higher up we crisscrossed a clear ski glade, probably Kinsman Glade which is part of the Cannon ski area. It looked like it might be fun. Also at about the same elevation, we hit snow and ice. Tyson and I had considered it might be wintery up in the mountains, so we had microspikes. Isaac had stubbornly repudiated our advice, and thus had quite the time trying to get up the ice covered trail.
The view at the overlook was well worth putting up with the trail. We could see most of Franconia notch with great views across to the Lincoln-Lafayette ridge.
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- Starting up Kinsman Ridge Trail -- Comments (0)
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- Washed out trail -- Comments (0)
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- Needle ice -- Comments (0)
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- Looking north past Echo Lake -- Comments (0)
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- Entering wintry conditions -- Comments (0)
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- Ice on the trail -- Comments (0)
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- More ice -- Comments (0)
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- Looking east towards Eagle Cliff -- Comments (0)
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- First view of Mount Lincoln -- Comments (0)
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- Tyson excited for the view -- Comments (0)
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- Mount Lafayette and Lincoln -- Comments (0)
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- Looking south along I-93 -- Comments (0)
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- Cannon observation tower -- Comments (0)
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- Snack time -- Comments (0)
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- glacial chatter mark -- Comments (0)
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- Descending the ice without microspikes -- Comments (0)
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