NH Autumn/SH Spring 2022 Photo Thread

Went hiking up in Nederland on Saturday.

Distance:           12.1 miles
Time:                  7 hours
Starting elevation: 8,900’
Highest elevation: 11,845’

Was a very nice day with clear skies, little wind and cool temps.

Pond at the start, good view of the backside of Eldora ski mountain:


First part of the hike climbs through forest before eventually coming up to a ridge with views down the valley:


4 miles in, we came to Jasper lake, a nice decent sized mountain lake. Neat rocky peaks above it:


Snowy peaks come into view, reminds me a bit of the PNW:


The rock formation on the left is called the devils thumb. Came by Devils thumb Lake below it, lake was long and skinny and not really photogenic.


After this, we came into a huge tundra meadow and then climbed steeply up to the continental divide at Devil’s thumb pass (roughly in the center of this pic):


Overlooking the meadow:


Looking back down the valley you can see the backside of the Boulder flatirons and out onto the plains:

that sort of bright overcast with shapes to the clouds is the cloudy skies I like. wouldn't want it everytime, but nice some days and not depressing

From today. Temp was 6C.

Flattened from Fiona. Used to be so tall you couldn't see above it (in summer).

Not my image, but a storm rolling into the Gold Coast. Looks incredible.

Pics from mid-October in western Normandy:





Large ship out at sea. One can barely  make out the name of the shipowner due to the curvature of the Earth!

^^ Always a bit jealous of your location: huge city with nice looking nature nearby.




Pics from the past few weeks. Mid-October:




Local fauna

Went up to the Hawks Nest in NY state on October 20th. 










Also went to Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct which crosses from NY into PA. Oldest suspension cable bridge still standing in the US that was used in the 1800s to transport coal. Roebling also designed the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC.