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Winter ending
A new snow like this was rare this winter -- winter was less wintry.
Maple syrup season starting in February. Photo with Fuji X-E1 and an adapted Nikon 85 f/1.8 AF-D.
Setting sun alpenglow glimmers off Mount Washington seen from the Saco River Valley. Fuji X-E1, 18-135
Sunrise and storm clearing over Moose Pond. Nikon D600
Reprise, Fuji X-E1, std. film simulation, with 18-135
Moose Pond: ice, fog, and clouds. Fuji X-E1, Std. film simulation, 18-135
A trail groomer on the lower slopes of Shawnee Peak ski area, Pleasant Mountain, trying to maintain the season just a little longer.
Sunset, Highland Lake, Bridgton, Maine. Fuji X-E1, raw minimally processed Crocker HillCrocker Hill is a short hike in Paris, Maine. Remnants of old mining work is visible along the trail, but the mine shaft mentioned in the Maine AMC hiking guide was not found. Other sources (see below) say the shaft near the old stamp mill has collapsed. We didn't find the upper mine; winter snows probably have hidden it. George L. Vose, a Bowdoin professor, painted a panorama of the White Mountains from the top in 1868, but I have been unable to track down a copy online. If anyone finds it, please post a link in the comments.
This stone wall continues up over the top of the hill. The trail takes a more circuitous route.
Views from the top:
The panorama of the White Mountains to the west. Kearsarge is on the left behind the tall spruce or hemlock. South Baldface is the white mountain just left of center. Mount Washington is about center, but hard to distinguish against cloudy skies.
South Baldface and Mount Washington.
Looking back to Thayer Road and Paris Hill, with the Shawnee Peak ski area on Pleasant Mountain in the background.
Farmland to the east
Mountains, a firetower, and a wind farm to the north.
Foundations of the old Crocker Hill Stamp Mill. See a photo of what it looked like 110 years ago here. Other links describing the old mining operations on Crocker Hill are here, here, and here. Winter sunsets
Sometimes you have to look behind you. This image does not quite achieve the brilliance of the dark blue.
Highland Lake in Bridgton in the background.
Night skiing. It has been a while since I posted a photo of the Shawnee Peak ski area on Pleasant Mountain in West Bridgton.
The fierce wind was so raw it hurt your face when you looked toward the mountains. The temperature was probably around zero. northern New HampshireNow it is on to Milan, New Hampshire. It is colder in northern New Hampshire than south of the notches. This time in Milan we'll just visit Milan Hill State Park with its fire tower and Cedar Pond.
To the south in the distance are the Presidentials. I was told that the ice was a foot thick on this pond.
Next are some views from the fire tower.
Goose Eye to the east in Maine. Carlo Col is the low point in the Mahoosuc Range to the right.
Mount Adams is prominent in this close-up view of the Presidentials.
South Percy Peak to the northwest beyond Stark in Stratford.
And both Percy Peaks.
One of the Nansen Ski Club trails in Milan Hill State Park. It was cold, but there was not enough snow for serious trail grooming. Stark, New HampshireStark is a picturesque little town in northern New Hampshire (Le Grand Bois du Nord, that is, north of the notches). You likely have seen photos of the church and covered bridge either lit for Christmas or with the fall foliage.
In history, it is known for the World War II German POW camp, built on the former CCC camp.
There is not much left to see of the roadside site except a couple of chimney foundations. Since the notice on the sign, there has been at least two more reunions. The history of the camp has been recorded in a book, Stark Decency.
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