Mount Avalon, Mount Field, Mount Tom (6/29/2014)

Mt. Avalon
--3,442'--
--1.9 mi from trailhead--

Mt. Field
--4,339'--
--#23--
--1 mi from Avalon--

Mt. Tom
--4,051'--
--#39--
--1.5 mi from Field--
--3 mi to trailhead--

--7.4 mi total--

Trailhead Parking: Free

The trailhead is located at Crawford Depot/AMC Highland Center. The typical route for Field and Tom is going up Mt. Willey. We decided to just do a smaller loop.

The Avalon Trial starts off very easy. 

The river crossing right before you start gaining elevation.

After 1.4 mi you reach the intersection. From this, we continued on Avalon Trail. It was STEEP!

View from Mt. Avalon

Continuing to Mt. Field

Only view on Field. Looking at the Mt. Washington Hotel

It was SOOOOO buggy up at the top. We wanted to have lunch there but decided to eat on the go.

Off to Mt. Tom. 

The summit.

On our way back down to the car we decided to take a small detour to look at a couple cascades at the last 1.4 miles. 

Arethusa Falls (#3) & Frankenstein Cliff

This was my first time hiking to Frankenstein Cliff and third time to Arethusa (NH's tallest waterfall).

(Parking was free, or a donation if one would like.)

We decided to change things up, instead of heading up on the regular Arethusa Falls Trail, we went down Bemis Brook Trail which brought us to see a couple of nice waterfalls.

"Fawn's Pool"

"Coliseum Falls"

The trail connects back to Arethusa Falls Trail. This was the first time seeing the falls without ice on it. There were a few other people there. 

Next up was Frankenstein Cliff Trail. This trail was a little hard than I was expecting. 

2451'

Heading down from the cliff was difficult. Some spots were wet and the trail was not marked very well. We ended up going down the wrong way. 

Zealand Falls #2 (5/20/2014)

Zealand Falls
via Zealand Trail
--5.4 mi RT--

Trailhead
3.5 miles from 302, on the Zealand Road
Parking: $3

A nice pre-work hike. Really easy to complete, flat trail until the last .2 miles

We climbed up the left side of the falls instead of taking the trail

View from the hut

The falls (white part in the trees) and Zealand hut (to the right) 

Everything is coming alive again :)

Bridal Veil Falls (5/8/2014) #2

--4.2 mi RT--

This was my second time hiking the Coppermine Trail but a first for my two friends! It was fun telling them about the history and haunted story of the trail (read my other blog in June 2013 for a full story!). We picked a gorgeous day to go. The river wasn't as high this time around.

My friend Craig and myself!

Climbing up to get a better view of the falls.

Arethusa Falls (4/6/13)

--2.6 RT--

This was my first hike of the year. I've wanted to hike to see this beautiful waterfall I heard so much about! One of my Mom's co-workers went with me (she is really awesome! I'm happy to know her now!!).

Arethusa is a very popular hike to go on in northern New Hampshire. When we went, there was still snow on the trail. Good thing we didn't need snowshoes! There was one part of the trail that was very icy and we took a lot of caution going down.

The waterfall was magnificent, even half frozen! My friend told me she has never been able to go up as close as she did (imagine the cold water splashing on your face...that's how close she went!). I went up close, but not that close. I'll admit I was a little timid! We were walking on ice/snow covering the river the falls turned into.

Here's some pictures!

 

There was a good 1-2 feet of snow waiting to be melted!! 

I hiked this a month ago I know, I'm trying to catch up on all the blogging I missed! Hopefully I'll get better at it (blogging AND hiking!) 

Check out my friend's page while you're at it. I'm pretty sure she inspired me to start my own blog! :)

http://adventurehiker.blogspot.com/