First a gravel ride to Mountain Pond near Jackson. November 8

No snow here.

Mountain Pond

And a peek at South Baldface on the left.

Heading back down trying to beat the sunset.

Next Province Pond in South Chatham on the eastern side of the White Mountains. December 13

Now there is some snow.

And more

Here is Province Pond. The ride out got a little dark since the headlight had been forgotten at home. This ride was wet, snowy, and rugged enough that the mountain bike was definitely the way to go.

These are two rides I want to revisit in 2021. Join me!

No, we are not going up to the Canadian border, just to spectacular Dixville Notch. First a stop on the way between Berlin and Milan to see the Nansen Ski Jump. There were reports of reopening it in the coming year, I don't know if that is still the case.

And we continue north and west into Dixville and the small but rugged notch.

And here is a glimpse of the Balsams. Will it reopen soon?

Lake Gloriette

Near the end of the season we finally cycled the Bear Notch Loop. We parked on the West Side Road in Conway, cycled up to US 302 in Bartlett, then turned off and rode over Bear Notch. From there we continued down the Kancamagus Highway and turned off onto Passaconway Road. That ended on West Side Road and we returned to our parked cars. A beautiful ride of course.

Even image stabilization can't remove the shake of an 1/18 second exposure while cycling.

What color!

Can you see Mount Washington back there?

Onto Passaconway Road.

Later I made two photo stops:

Bonus:

An off-road ride revealed these scenes in Sweden.

And here is Mount Washington with snow, as seen from the Causeway in Naples. You can see Baldface to the right.