Cannon sunset hike

[lftgly]

I went for a nice bushwack on Cannon late yesterday afternoon, and descended at sunset, with beautiful views through the trees to the north and west.

Tonight I caught the opposite view, looking southeast to Cannon. A rainbow crossed the sky over Lafayette from somewhere over Bethlehem, ending at the summit of Cannon. As fast as I pulled the camera out, the last rays of sunlight faded, and the rainbow disappeared. This picture caught the last glimpse of it, taken at 7:34PM Monday, 8/22/2005.

I only wish I had a shot of it in all it's brilliance 60 seconds earlier. Any one else see it?

 

[bvibert]

Awesome pics! Its true, there's a pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow!

 

[thetrailboss]

Awesome. Took my first drove over Sugar Hill last week...amazing!

 

[ChileMass]

Terrific shot - !!

 

[cbcbd]

mmm... skittles

 

[smitty77]

Awesome. Took my first drove over Sugar Hill last week...amazing!

Even more so on a bicycle. If you get the chance, go in late spring when the lupines are in bloom. There's a real nice patch just across the road from Polly's Pancake Parlor (I think that's the name) with the mountains in Franconia as the back drop. I was fortunate enough to see this on a trip to Sugar Hill for some road work my company was doing.

Smitty

 

[bigbog]

late spring...at lower altitudes up in Maine woodlands

....If you get the chance, go in late spring when the lupines are in bloom....Smitty

Have forgotten its name..maybe a lupine?, but there's a deep blue flower up here...at the lower altitudes, along the edges of the cold-water ponds & streams.....Same hue, same time of year smitty77. My favorite time of year for paddling, flatwater and ww 8) .

 

[Mike P.]

Nice shots, Waumbek from the other hiker boards has often wrote about how nice it is around Sugar Hill.

 

[ozskier]

Nice pic! I like that view!

 

[cath]

LG/JH ~ Nice. We are so lucky to live so close Eh? Next time give a wave over to this side

 

[MichaelJ]

Welcome to AlpineZone, Cath!


I should also chime in that yes, I agree that it's gorgeous over there. I've only been once, heading over to the Coppermine Trail (and back afterward), but had I had time would have been stopping for pictures every 50 feet!