Today's hike brought us to Bald Mountain in Oquossuc. Although I've done this hike plenty of times, it had been a few years since I'd been up it last. As I almost always do, we started our hike at the Route 4 Trailhead and started up the Bald Mountain Link Trail. This pleasant section of trail was easy going, and we didn't see anyone on it.
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| Start of the Bald Mountain Link Trail |
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| Bald Mountain Link Trail |
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| Junction with the Bald Mountain Trail |
After reaching the junction with the Bald Mountain Trail from the Bald Mountain Road Trailhead, we started seeing a lot more people, but still less than usual for this popular hike. The High Peaks Alliance Trail Crew has done excellent work mitigating the wort sections of erosion and trail braid, although the trail still suffers from persistent overuse.
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| New stairs on the Bald Mountain Trail |
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| View west from the viewpoint below the summit |
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| Observation tower on the summit |
At the summit, a few people were leaving as we arrived, but we enjoyed over an hour with the summit completely to ourselves, which is rare mid-day on such a nice day. There was some haze, but the views from the observation tower were still excellent in all directions.
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| Sampson at the top of the tower |
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| View east |
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| View south |
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