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White Mountains B/C, New Hampshire

lftgly

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Aug 8, 2005
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Location
Franconia, NH
Date(s) Skied:
Monday, Presidents Day, 2/19/07
Resort or Ski Area:
Western White Mountains
Conditions:
Powder!
Trip Report:
Skied a classic White Mountain backcountry tour with a couple friends on Monday.

Attached are three photos (reduced resolution 25%) Kat of skinning up, on (or near) the summit, and skiing down through the birch glades.

The pictures don't do justice to the glade skiing. I was too intent on skiing to take any pictures in the best glades!

It was a long, flat tour up and down the river each way, to get to the northwestern slopes of the mountain.

The upper mountain glades are a little steeper than the lower mountain where I stopped to take the photo.

That blue sky was beautiful, too bad it had to be 10 below zero. I struggled to avoid frostbite on fingers, toes, and face, even though we were below treeline and out of the wind most of the day. The photo-op on the 4000 foot summit was short-lived.

As usual, Marielle was too quick for me to catch on camera!
 
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