On Sunday Ryan, Mike and I set out to hike the Wildcats. The whole way up it was nice and sunny and as soon as we were within a few miles of the trail it started to rain very heavily. We checked the forecast at the Mt. Washington visitors center and they said rain for the next 2-4 hours. The ledges on the trail we hoped to do are dangerous when wet so we packed up and went up through Crawford Notch to Mount Hale. We figured the trail was safer and shorter and if we were going to hike in the rain it should be for as short a time as possible and 5 miles/hours seemed reasonable to us. Our luck changed however and the skies to the north-west where we went cleared and we got in 5 hours of nice hiking on 4054 foot Mount Hale. It is #37 on the 4000 footers list and it was Ryan's 43rd mountain, Mike's 2nd and I had already done it so I stayed put at 46, but it was the 20th I have done at least twice. It wasn't the most exciting trail I have ever been on but it was a nice day for a hike and it got Ryan a little closer to me, he only need 3 more to catch up and then we can head out to do the Bonds and finish the list. After that there's a lot we want to do on different trails again and lots of smaller peaks too that we are looking forward to. Thanks for stopping by and you can click here or on the picture to see more.
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