Is there more than one Mt. Flume in NH? Maybe a second one that's not part of the Whites? It probably seems like a dumb question, to suggest that there are two mountains with the same name.
Way, way back in my youth, I could have sworn I hiked up a mountain called Mt. Flume with my girlfriend. I'm pretty certain it wasn't the 4328-foot Mt. Flume in the Whites though, because there's no way we ascended up a 4000-footer. Maybe I'm just remembering the name incorrectly. I have no idea what the trail was called, it's been so long.
I remember this hike particularly because along with my girlfriend, we hiked with one of her friends who was having a real hard time on the ascent. I remember feeling very full of myself because at that time I was in great shape (26 years old at the time) and I had no problems at all. At the top there was supposed to be some kind of natural water slide. But the women never made it. They were too exhausted, so I said "Hey, let me see how much farther it is". I practically ran up the rest of the way, took me about 20 minutes, and when I got to the top, there was a sign saying the slide was 1/10 of a mile away (can't remember exactly what it was called, after all, this is almost 20 years ago). I decided to just save the really "good part" until my hiking partners were with me, so I ran back down to where they were resting and excitedly told them that it was not much farther to the top. Unfortunately, they refused to go any farther - they were just too beat - so this hike always remained in my memory as an "unfinished" hike, and I've always regretted not just going that extra 1/10 of a mile to see the slide on my own. The entire hike took as between 6-7 hours if I remember correctly.
Way, way back in my youth, I could have sworn I hiked up a mountain called Mt. Flume with my girlfriend. I'm pretty certain it wasn't the 4328-foot Mt. Flume in the Whites though, because there's no way we ascended up a 4000-footer. Maybe I'm just remembering the name incorrectly. I have no idea what the trail was called, it's been so long.
I remember this hike particularly because along with my girlfriend, we hiked with one of her friends who was having a real hard time on the ascent. I remember feeling very full of myself because at that time I was in great shape (26 years old at the time) and I had no problems at all. At the top there was supposed to be some kind of natural water slide. But the women never made it. They were too exhausted, so I said "Hey, let me see how much farther it is". I practically ran up the rest of the way, took me about 20 minutes, and when I got to the top, there was a sign saying the slide was 1/10 of a mile away (can't remember exactly what it was called, after all, this is almost 20 years ago). I decided to just save the really "good part" until my hiking partners were with me, so I ran back down to where they were resting and excitedly told them that it was not much farther to the top. Unfortunately, they refused to go any farther - they were just too beat - so this hike always remained in my memory as an "unfinished" hike, and I've always regretted not just going that extra 1/10 of a mile to see the slide on my own. The entire hike took as between 6-7 hours if I remember correctly.