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Mt Belknap 2017

10/21/201703/03/2019Gary

Yesterday, three years ago, Brian and I hiked up to the Belknap summit in a cloud bank with high winds and no views – even from the tower. Today was a better story, much better views and foliage was reasonable but not at peak yet. The view from an outlook that we completely missed 3…

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Locke Hill Loop

07/05/201703/01/2019Gary

Myself, Brian and my grandson Alden did this loop hike to several fantastic viewpoints of Lake Winnipesaukee and surrounding area. This trail is a loop and is part of the Kimball Wildlife Forest, we took the Lakeview trail up to the viewpoints of the lake (starts at the road side of the parking area) and…

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Mount Belknap

10/19/201403/01/2019Gary

This was a fairly easy hike on a damp and foggy day. The fire tower was in a low cloud with a brisk breeze. Thanks to another hiker we were able to find the trail entrance near the summit to descend briefly down a very slippery steep slope to see where a piper cub aircraft…