Mt Moosilauke. Benton, NH. 2019-01-17 (Thursday.)
Via Glencliff Trail, Approx 8 miles, including South Peak.
1 dF +/- at the trailhead, 5 dF at summit, with negligible winds in the trees, approx 25 MPH wind at the summit.
Unbridled sunshine throughout the day.
Trailhead: 1000; Moosilauke Summit: 1300; South Summit: 1330; back at car: 1500. (Approx. 5 hours.)
I’ll probably have more to write shortly, but the day was amazing if not cold. The pictures will tell the story pretty well. Passed three hikers and one dog. If I could have had one thing, it would have been a warmer summit. With the wind and the cold socking a one-two punch, I couldn’t stick around to admire the view. To the west, the Green Mountains, and way off, a tiny speck that might have been Mt Marcy in New York. To the east, Maine. To the south, I was probably seeing the higher points of northern Massachusetts. The sky was so clear that just the curve of the earth was the limiting factor.
![Moosilauke-Trail1-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-Trail1-20190117.jpg)
An AT blaze shows the way for those intrepid travelers.
![Moosilauke-Trail2-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-Trail2-20190117.jpg)
Trail was really nicely tamped down.
![Moosilauke-Trail3-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-Trail3-20190117.jpg)
Birches in abundance at the lower elevations.
![Moosilauke-Trail4-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-Trail4-20190117.jpg)
More deciduous trees down low.
![Moosilauke-Trail5-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-Trail5-20190117.jpg)
Winter wonderland.
![Moosilauke-Summit1-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-Summit1-20190117.jpg)
Pretty windswept up top. Those cairns came in very handy.
![Moosilauke-Summit2-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-Summit2-20190117.jpg)
Multi-state view.
![Moosilauke-Distance1-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-Distance1-20190117.jpg)
Looking back from the South Summit.
![Moosilauke-Ice2-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-Ice2-20190117.jpg)
Ice on fire in the afternoon sun.
![Moosilauke-Ice1-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-Ice1-20190117.jpg)
This made me think of Andy Goldsworthy.
![Moosilauke-AT1-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-AT1-20190117.jpg)
Almost back at the trailhead, another AT blaze.
![Moosilauke-Wentworth-Covered-Bridge-20190117](https://www.proteanwanderer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moosilauke-Wentworth-Covered-Bridge-20190117.jpg)
Spotted this covered bridge in Wentworth on the way home.
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