{"id":8902,"date":"2024-06-29T22:59:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T14:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=8902"},"modified":"2024-08-16T09:01:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T01:01:48","slug":"20240629chocorua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629chocorua\/","title":{"rendered":"(Imperfect) Hike of Mt Chocorua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final weekend of June 2024, I continued my exploration of the White Mountains with Mount Chocorua. Unfortunately, an untimely rain meant the trip was not as pleasant as I hoped.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1247C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1247C11.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of Mt Chocorua in Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Summit of Mt Chocorua in Clouds<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:133,gap:9,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints 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{\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:133,gap:9,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:42,height:56,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider10 = new Splide( '#splide-major-10', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider10.sync( secondarySlider10 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Weather forecast for the White Mountains wasn&#8217;t great for the final weekend of June 2024, with periods of rain in the forecast around early afternoon for both Saturday and Sunday. However, I had some incentive to finish some errands along the way, so I nonetheless decided to make a trip to the White Mountains. This time, I chose Mt Chocorua, because it&#8217;s on the southeastern edge of the White Mountains, where the weather was forecasted to be marginally better. With rain forecasted at 3pm in the afternoon, I woke up early in the morning, and left home at 6am, hoping to finish my hike by then.<\/p>\n<p>After grabbing some food along the way, I reached the trailhead of Mt Chocorua just past 8am, and soon after that I started my hike. <\/p>\n<p>I decided to take the Middle Sister and Chocorua loop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alltrails.com\/explore\/trail\/us\/new-hampshire\/mount-chocorua-loop-trail?mobileMap=false&#038;ref=sidebar-static-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(AllTrails link)<\/a> in the counterclockwise direction. This way, I headed up the mountain along Carter Ledge Trail, which featured a few open spots where I could appreciate the views. I figured once the rain arrived in the afternoon, I wouldn&#8217;t have any moods for scenery.<\/p>\n<p>The trail started out as a casual stroll in the woods for 1.8km (1.2mi) , before I reached an intersection for Nickerson Ledge Trail, where it started to get steep.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_083149.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_083149.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_083331.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_092032.jpg\" alt=\"Trail.\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail.<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_093202.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_093202.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_083149.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_083331.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_083537.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_085004.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_085619.jpg\" alt=\"Trail.\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_090724.jpg\" alt=\"Trail.\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_091900.jpg\" alt=\"Trail.\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_092032.jpg\" alt=\"Trail.\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_093202.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_083149.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_083149.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_083331.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_083331.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_083537.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_083537.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_085004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_085004.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_085619.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_085619.jpg\" alt=\"Trail.\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_090724.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_090724.jpg\" alt=\"Trail.\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_091900.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_091900.jpg\" alt=\"Trail.\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_092032.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_092032.jpg\" alt=\"Trail.\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_093202.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_093202.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>But the real challenge started about 3.4km (2.1mi) into the hike, not long after getting onto Carter Ledge Trail, just after I caught the first glimpse of Chocorua from the trail. There were a few steep and rocky sections which required minimal use of hands. I wasn&#8217;t super-careful in one of those sections and had a minor slip that resulted in a small scratch in one of my fingers<del>, which, besides my neglect, I would blame the rest I took a few minutes earlier that cooled down my muscles<\/del>. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(To be clear, I didn&#8217;t consider the place where I slipped technical.)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1197.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1197.jpg\" width=\"88%\" alt=\"Opening along Carter Ledge Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Opening along Carter Ledge Trail<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">There were a few openings like this along Carter Ledge Trail, where one could take a break to appreciate the views.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1196.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1196.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua from Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Chocorua from Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1214.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1214.jpg\" alt=\"Middle Sister\" \/><\/a><\/br>Middle Sister<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1215.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1215.jpg\" alt=\"Views along Carter Ledge Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Views along Carter Ledge Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1212.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1212.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Lakes\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Lakes<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_101413.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_101413.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua from Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Chocorua from Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_102723.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_102723.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Lakes to the East\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lakes to the East<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_103747.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_103747.jpg\" width=\"83.2%\" alt=\"Intersection of Carter Ledge Trail and Middle Sister Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Intersection of Carter Ledge Trail and Middle Sister Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A small opening.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1197.jpg\" alt=\"Opening along Carter Ledge Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1196.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua from Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1214.jpg\" alt=\"Middle Sister\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1215.jpg\" alt=\"Views along Carter Ledge Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1212.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Lakes\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_101413.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua from Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_102723.jpg\" alt=\"Lakes to the East\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_103747.jpg\" alt=\"Intersection of Carter Ledge Trail and Middle Sister Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1197.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1197.jpg\" alt=\"Opening along Carter Ledge Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Opening along Carter Ledge Trail<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">There were a few openings like this along Carter Ledge Trail, where one could take a break to appreciate the views.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1196.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1196.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua from Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Chocorua from Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1214.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1214.jpg\" alt=\"Middle Sister\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Middle Sister<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1215.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1215.jpg\" alt=\"Views along Carter Ledge Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Views along Carter Ledge Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1212.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1212.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Lakes\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Lakes<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_101413.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_101413.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua from Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Chocorua from Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_102723.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_102723.jpg\" alt=\"Lakes to the East\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lakes to the East<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_103747.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_103747.jpg\" alt=\"Intersection of Carter Ledge Trail and Middle Sister Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Intersection of Carter Ledge Trail and Middle Sister Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A small opening.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, Carter Ledge Trail was in between bushes and rock surfaces, where occasional views of Chocorua and fields to the southeast only got better with time.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1200_DSC_1211-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1200_DSC_1211-12.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains from Carter Ledge Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains from Carter Ledge Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some time later Carter Ledge Trail reentered forests and started to pick up gradient. Portions of the trail, especially towards the intersection with Middle Sister Trail, were steep and required minimal scrambling, with photos below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_094208.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_094208.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1216.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1216.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Carter Ledge Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Carter Ledge Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_100452.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_100452.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_100759.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_100759.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_102456.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_102456.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_102820.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_102820.jpg\" alt=\"Trail with Exposure\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail with Exposure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_094208.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1216.jpg\" alt=\"Carter Ledge Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_100452.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_100759.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_102456.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_102820.jpg\" alt=\"Trail with Exposure\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_094208.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_094208.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1216.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1216.jpg\" alt=\"Carter Ledge Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Carter Ledge Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_100452.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_100452.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_100759.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_100759.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_102456.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_102456.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_102820.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_102820.jpg\" alt=\"Trail with Exposure\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail with Exposure<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I reached the intersection with Middle Sister Trail at 10:35am and that&#8217;s when I felt the first raindrops of the day. Weather forecast indicated a small chance of rain around noon (before the major precipitation at 3pm), which I wasn&#8217;t too worried about as I continued towards Middle Sister.<\/p>\n<p>At 10:50am, I reached the summit of Middle Sister, which featured the foundation of a fire tower. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(I guess the summit of Chocorua was just too steep to build a fire tower on, on the other hand, Middle Sister was closer to more of the White Mountains to the North.)<\/span> An information marker mentioned that during World War II, as men joined the military, Forest Service started recruiting women as fire lookouts, which were traditionally a male occupation. That included Elizabeth Sampson who served at Middle Sister firetower. (I felt that was rather appropriate given the name of the mountain.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_104937.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_104937.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Foundation of Fire Tower on Middle Sister\" \/><\/a><\/br>Foundation of Fire Tower on Middle Sister<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1230.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1230.jpg\" alt=\"Foundation of Fire Tower on Middle Sister\" \/><\/a><\/br>Foundation of Fire Tower on Middle Sister<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1219.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1219.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua from Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Chocorua from Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1220.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1220.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Distant Lakes\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Lakes<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Silver lake and Ossipee Lake<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1228.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1228.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Paugus\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Paugus<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1229.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1229.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North in Mist\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the North in Mist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_104937.jpg\" alt=\"Foundation of Fire Tower on Middle Sister\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1230.jpg\" alt=\"Foundation of Fire Tower on Middle Sister\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1219.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua from Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1220.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Lakes\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1228.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Paugus\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1229.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North in Mist\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from the summit of Middle Sister.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_104937.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_104937.jpg\" alt=\"Foundation of Fire Tower on Middle Sister\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Foundation of Fire Tower on Middle Sister<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1230.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1230.jpg\" alt=\"Foundation of Fire Tower on Middle Sister\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Foundation of Fire Tower on Middle Sister<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1219.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1219.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua from Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Chocorua from Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1220.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1220.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Lakes\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Lakes<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Silver lake and Ossipee Lake<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1228.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1228.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Paugus\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Paugus<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1229.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1229.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North in Mist\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the North in Mist<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, just as I reached the summit of Middle Sister, the rain started to pick up. It turned out that for the next 90 minutes, intervals of drizzle and showers would have me drenched. Even worse, Chocorua (and its nearby Middle Sister) should offer great views of the southern part of White Mountains. I checked the forecast of cloud ceilings before I left home, which predicted the clouds would be high enough not to obstruct my views. That turned out to be not the case. From Middle Sister, most of the mountains nearby were already in mist\/cloud\/rain. With not many views to appreciate, I had some quick snacks at Middle Sister before moving on towards Chocorua.<\/p>\n<p>From Middle Sister, Mt Chocorua with its many exposed rock faces looked magnificent and at the same time tentatively within reach. Yet the 1.7km (1.1mi) trail between the two took me almost 50 minutes, which was longer than I hoped. Part of it was me putting on and off my rain jacket, as I deliberated over the intensity of the drizzle with the humidity (and hence discomfort) in the jacket. Part of it was certainly me running out of patience as the increasing intensity of the drizzle worried me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_111305.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_111305.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back at Middle Sister.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_111336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_111336.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Chocorua<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_111342.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_111342.jpg\" width=\"91%\" alt=\"Distant Lakes\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Lakes<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The most distant horizon didn\u2019t seem covered in clouds, giving me some false hope of better weather to come.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_111420.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_111420.jpg\" width=\"91%\" alt=\"Mount Paugus\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Paugus<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">For a brief moment, visibility improved as I could see the faint contour of a few mountains behind Mount Paugus.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_114038.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_114038.jpg\" alt=\"Hikers along Trail to Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hikers along Trail to Chocorua<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_114223.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_114223.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Mount Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Mount Chocorua<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_114416.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_114416.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Mount Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Mount Chocorua<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_111305.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_111336.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_111342.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Lakes\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_111420.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Paugus\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_114038.jpg\" alt=\"Hikers along Trail to Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_114223.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Mount Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_114416.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Mount Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_111305.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_111305.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back at Middle Sister.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_111336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_111336.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Chocorua<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_111342.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_111342.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Lakes\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Lakes<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The most distant horizon didn\u2019t seem covered in clouds, giving me some false hope of better weather to come.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_111420.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_111420.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Paugus\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Paugus<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">For a brief moment, visibility improved as I could see the faint contour of a few mountains behind Mount Paugus.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_114038.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_114038.jpg\" alt=\"Hikers along Trail to Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hikers along Trail to Chocorua<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_114223.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_114223.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Mount Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Mount Chocorua<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_114416.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_114416.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Mount Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Mount Chocorua<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>As the trail approached Mt Chocorua, the vegetation along it faded into rocks. Some route finding was needed on the rocks, although paints and cairns helped. The general idea was to keep to the left (east) side during most of the approach, and for the final 100m (300ft) keep to the right (west). The final ~25m (80ft) of the trail ascended Mt Chocorua from its western side. I believed the entire approach (from Middle Sister) was YDS class 1, although higher-rated variations were possible.<br \/>\nUnfortunately, the rain and (more crucially) the wind picked up as I approached the summit of Mt Chocorua. The rocks started to get wet (but luckily no traction issues). Upon reaching the top, while being battered by the elements, I found the summit completely fogged out. It&#8217;s quite the disappointment, as a result, I didn&#8217;t stay at the summit for long before starting my descent.<\/p>\n<p>Partly because it&#8217;s completely fogged out, partly because for the last ~25m (80ft) before the summit of Mt Chocorua I hadn&#8217;t followed the trail, partly because I was so eager to leave the summit of Mt Chocorua to find shelter from the relentless rain and wind, I didn&#8217;t follow the trail as I started my descent. The trail headed west, while I headed south. I quickly realized my mistake, but with near-zero visibility, getting back to the trail was easier said than done. It took me some scrambling down a few steep boulders and some bushwacking to get back onto the trail.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_120656.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_120656.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Almost zero visibility in the clouds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_121249.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_121249.jpg\" width=\"58%\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I went off-trail on my way down.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_121655.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_121655.jpg\" width=\"58%\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A technical bit, off-trail, that I just descended from.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_122159.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_122159.jpg\" width=\"58%\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">still off-trail<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_120656.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_121249.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_121655.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_122159.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_120656.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_120656.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Almost zero visibility in the clouds.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_121249.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_121249.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I went off-trail on my way down.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_121655.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_121655.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A technical bit, off-trail, that I just descended from.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_122159.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_122159.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Southern Slope of Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">still off-trail<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Soon after that, I reached a major intersection of trails (West Side, Liberty, Brook) and the rain stopped. Even better, cloud ceilings lifted so I was greeted with the beautiful view of mountains dressed in passing clouds. I took a longer rest there, trying to make up for the lack of views at the summit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1231.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1231.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Chocorua<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1233.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1233.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mount Paugus and Mount Passaconaway<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1235C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1235C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Squam Lake\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Squam Lake<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1242.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1242.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Lakes to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lakes to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Close to far: Chocorua Lake, Silver Lake, Ossipee Lake<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1238.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1238.jpg\" alt=\"Chocorua Lake\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chocorua Lake<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_131902.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_131902.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Hills to the South Dressed in Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills to the South Dressed in Clouds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1231.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1233.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1235C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Squam Lake\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1242.jpg\" alt=\"Lakes to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1238.jpg\" alt=\"Chocorua Lake\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_131902.jpg\" alt=\"Hills to the South Dressed in Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1231.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1231.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Chocorua<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1233.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1233.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mount Paugus and Mount Passaconaway<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1235C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1235C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Squam Lake\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Squam Lake<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1242.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1242.jpg\" alt=\"Lakes to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lakes to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Close to far: Chocorua Lake, Silver Lake, Ossipee Lake<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DSC_1238.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DSC_1238.jpg\" alt=\"Chocorua Lake\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Chocorua Lake<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_131902.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_131902.jpg\" alt=\"Hills to the South Dressed in Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills to the South Dressed in Clouds<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After soaking up the views, I continued along Liberty Trail for my hike back. Not long after leaving the intersection, Liberty Trail had two steep sections (p1-2 below). Compared to my ascent along Carter Ledge Trail, I would say difficulty-wise there&#8217;s no preferred direction for these two trails.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_132231.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_132231.jpg\" width=\"94.5%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">I chose to jump off the ledge to the right, while the lady photo&#8217;d here chose to slide down the slope to the left.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_132437.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_132437.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_132949.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_132949.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_142532.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_142532.jpg\" width=\"94.5%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">This was later along Liberty Trail. I could probably handle this if going up. Going down and with the rocks not completely dry, I found a safer route a short detour away.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_142637.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_142637.jpg\" width=\"96.5%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back up at the spot in the previous photo.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_132231.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_132437.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_132949.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_142532.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_142637.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the technical sections of the trail.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_132231.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_132231.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">I chose to jump off the ledge to the right, while the lady photo&#8217;d here chose to slide down the slope to the left.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_132437.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_132437.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_132949.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_132949.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_142532.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_142532.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">This was later along Liberty Trail. I could probably handle this if going up. Going down and with the rocks not completely dry, I found a safer route a short detour away.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_142637.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_142637.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back up at the spot in the previous photo.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_133404.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/20240629_133404.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Jim Liberty Cabin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_133424.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/20240629_133424.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Jim Liberty Cabin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Jim Liberty Cabin<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">About 0.4km (0.3mi) from the intersection was this Jim Liberty Cabin, now offering bunk beds to overnight hikers. The cabin was named after the former owner of its land, Jim Liberty. Surprising, the site of the cabin used to have a three-story hotel between 1891 and 1915. Given the steep trails needed to access this place, running that hotel must be quite a marvel.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Unlike Carter Ledge Trail that I took for my ascent, the remaining Liberty\/Hammond Trails offered no views along the way, so the rest of my hike back wasn&#8217;t remarkable.<br \/>\nAs forecasted, it started to rain just before 3pm, by which time I was well in the woods, and an umbrella served me well in keeping me dry and (relatively) comfortable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_141004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_141004.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_142915.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_142915.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_143040.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_143040.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_144925.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_144925.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_145150.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_145150.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_150008.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_150008.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_150235.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_150235.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_152411.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_152411.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_152757.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_152757.jpg\" alt=\"Forest\" \/><\/a><\/br>Forest<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_152801.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_152801.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_153958.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_153958.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_141004.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_142915.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_143040.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_144925.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_145150.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_150008.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_150235.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_152411.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_152757.jpg\" alt=\"Forest\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_152801.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/20240629_153958.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-10, #splide-thumb-10 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_141004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_141004.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_142915.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_142915.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_143040.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_143040.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_144925.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_144925.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_145150.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_145150.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_150008.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_150008.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_150235.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_150235.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_152411.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_152411.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_152757.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_152757.jpg\" alt=\"Forest\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forest<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_152801.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_152801.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_153958.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/20240629_153958.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_153350.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/20240629_153350.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Chocorua River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/20240629_153354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-m\/20240629_153354.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Chocorua River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chocorua River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The only water crossing throughout the entire loop.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally, I got back to my car just before 4pm, concluding the hike.<\/p>\n<h3>Bonus: From the Drone<\/h3>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0344.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0344.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua in Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Chocorua in Clouds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0393.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0393.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thinly veiled in clouds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0394.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0394.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thinly veiled in clouds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0373.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0373.jpg\" alt=\"Hills Dressed in Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills Dressed in Clouds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0387.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0387.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Overlooking valley between Mount Chocorua and Mount Paugus.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0344.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua in Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0393.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0394.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0373.jpg\" alt=\"Hills Dressed in Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0387.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from the drone.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0344.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0344.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua in Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Chocorua in Clouds<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0393.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0393.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thinly veiled in clouds.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0394.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0394.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Chocorua<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thinly veiled in clouds.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0373.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0373.jpg\" alt=\"Hills Dressed in Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills Dressed in Clouds<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0387.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0387.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Overlooking valley between Mount Chocorua and Mount Paugus.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0352_DJI_0361-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0352_DJI_0361-10.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Chocorua in Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/DJI_0375_DJI_0386-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/06\/29\/thumbnails\/DJI_0375_DJI_0386-12.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains underneath Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains underneath Clouds<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">top: Mt Chocorua<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a video:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_eIQDIzChDM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>END<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final weekend of June 2024, I continued my exploration of the White Mountains with Mount Chocorua. 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