DSC_0342-Moosilauke

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Easy 4000 footer today. Mt. Moosilauke, 4802 ft. That’s my 21st 4K in NH, still have 27 to go!

I went up the George Brook Trail and the only tricky part was a couple of washouts early on. The Dartmouth Outing Club will have a pretty big job fixing them.

The book says 3.7 miles each way and 3.5 hours. I did the whole thing in about four hours. It’s a nice summit. The last half mile is through scrub pine and then open to the summit. The AT crosses the summit from left to right (south to north). There’s a old foundation below the summit to the south and there are several three sided rock walls if you want to get out of the north wind. There’s a nice view down to Lincoln.

After the hike I headed into Linclon for a piece of Lemon meringue pie and some coffee. On the way home I drove up through Franconia Notch. There was traffic at the top of the notch due to paving but that worked out good because there was a black bear and two cubs walking across one of the lower ski trails on Cannon so it was nice going slow through there.