{"id":8924,"date":"2024-07-07T22:59:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T14:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=8924"},"modified":"2024-08-17T11:14:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T03:14:29","slug":"20240707tripyramid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707tripyramid\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking Tripyramid Loop of New Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Sunday of July 2024, I checked out Tripyramid, an exciting group of mountains in the southern part of White Mountains in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_131153.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_131153.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Upper Part of North Slide<\/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 :{'600':{fixedWidth:42,height:56,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-2', {\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:75,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider9 = new Splide( '#splide-major-9', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider9.sync( secondarySlider9 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider10 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-10', {\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>The Tripyramid group consists of three peaks, North, Middle and South. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alltrails.com\/trail\/us\/new-hampshire\/mount-tripyramid-loop-trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AllTrails<\/a>, it&#8217;s a 17km semi-loop trail to bag them all with 890m elevation gain (10.5mi, 2900ft). The loop reached the summit ridge connecting North and South Tripyramid via &#8220;North Slide&#8221; and &#8220;South Slide&#8221;. As their name suggested, the two &#8220;slides&#8221; are steep slopes requiring some scrambling skills. &#8220;North Slide&#8221; was arguably the more challenging of the two, as a result it&#8217;s generally recommended to head uphill along &#8220;North Slide&#8221;. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">The summit ridge could also be reached from the east through less technical trails.<\/span> I had a trip to California planned in two weeks, during which I planned to tackle Cloudripper via West Chute, so I figured the two slides presented the perfect opportunity to make sure my body was still in shape, hence I picked them for this hike.<\/p>\n<p>The trailhead of this hike was next to Waterville Valley Ski Resort. I reached it at around 10:40am and the parking lot was only 2\/3 full. After some warmup, I started my hike just before 11am. Here&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:6\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=181341609&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=181341609&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The first 5.8km and last 4.2km of the loop trail was on a forest road, so a total of 10km (6.3mi) of the hike should be a comfortable stroll in the woods. That is, if not for the bugs that were constantly buzzing around my ears. (Weirdly that once I entered the woods they seemed to mysteriously disappear.) I saw a few mountain bikers along the road and one could surely stash a bike at the loop intersection to cut down on time.<\/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\/20240707\/20240707_115037.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_115037.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Forest Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_115408.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_115408.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Forest Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a 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src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_173127.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Forest Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_173354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_173354.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Forest Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_174826.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_174826.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Forest Road<\/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\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_115037.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_115408.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_115723.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_115834.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_120331.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_170712.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_172336.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_173127.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_173354.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_174826.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/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 Forest Road.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_115037.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_115037.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forest Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_115408.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_115408.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forest Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_115723.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_115723.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forest Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_115834.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_115834.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forest Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_120331.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_120331.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forest Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_170712.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_170712.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forest Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_172336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_172336.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forest Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_173127.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_173127.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forest Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_173354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_173354.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forest Road<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_174826.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_174826.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forest Road<\/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\/07\/07\/20240707_110546.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-m\/20240707_110546.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mad River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_174126.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-m\/20240707_174126.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mad River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mad River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One of the few rivers that the forest road crossed. Unlike its name, it looked very calm during my visit.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_120813.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-m\/20240707_120813.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Crossing Avalanche Brook\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_170004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-m\/20240707_170004.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Crossing Avalanche Brook\" \/><\/a><\/br>Crossing Avalanche Brook<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">On my way out (left) and back (right). Avalanche Brook marked the boundary between the comfortable part of the hike (forest road), and the not-so-comfortable (trails and slides).<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After crossing Avalanche Brook, the actual hiking experience began. Unfortunately, the 0.8km (0.5mi) of trail before the start of North Slide wasn&#8217;t the most enjoyable. It&#8217;s narrow, somewhat overgrown, and had two fallen trees that were somewhat hard to navigate around (one of them was p1 below).<br \/>\nTo make matters worse, it was a very hot day, and I was certainly over-dressed. Just like my previous hikes of White Mountains in June, I wore long trousers (to protect my legs from bugs and sunshine). That coupled with the steep trail meant I was soon drenched in sweat.<\/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\/07\/07\/20240707_121012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_121012.jpg\" width=\"93.7%\" alt=\"Blockage\" \/><\/a><\/br>Blockage<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">One of two such obstacles before reaching North Slide. Took some efforts to navigate through this fallen tree.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_121318.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_121318.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_122340.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_122340.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/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\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_121012.jpg\" alt=\"Blockage\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_121318.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_122340.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-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail before the base of North Slide.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_121012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_121012.jpg\" alt=\"Blockage\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Blockage<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">One of two such obstacles before reaching North Slide. Took some efforts to navigate through this fallen tree.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_121318.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_121318.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_122340.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_122340.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Soon after that, it&#8217;s North Slide. It&#8217;s like a couloir of exposed rocks in between dense forests <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(That&#8217;s figuratively speaking. It&#8217;s not a gully.)<\/span>, where the trail found its way on rocks and scree to ascend onto North Tripyramid.<\/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\/07\/07\/20240707_122746.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_122746.jpg\" width=\"96.2%\" alt=\"Beginning of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Beginning of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Moss-covered rocks leading the way.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_123137.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_123137.jpg\" width=\"96.2%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Very occasionally, there was a trail next to portions of the North Slide that were overgrown.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_123620.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_123620.jpg\" width=\"96.2%\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One had to climb over these rocks, which, frankly, wasn&#8217;t too hard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_124026.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_124026.jpg\" width=\"96.2%\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One had to climb over these rocks, which, frankly, wasn&#8217;t too hard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_124250.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_124250.jpg\" width=\"96.2%\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looked pretty steep from this angle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_124402.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_124402.jpg\" width=\"96.2%\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One had to climb over these rocks. As it got higher there were fewer footholds and handholds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_125025.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_125025.jpg\" width=\"94%\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">There was a patch of wet rock in the upper-center of this photo, which caused some traction issue. As a result, I had to go through the bushes to the right.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_125739.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_125739.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_130531.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_130531.jpg\" alt=\"Middle of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Middle of North Slide<\/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\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_122746.jpg\" alt=\"Beginning of North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_123137.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_123620.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_124026.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_124250.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_124402.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_125025.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_125739.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_130531.jpg\" alt=\"Middle of North Slide\" \/><\/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 lower part of North Slide.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_122746.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_122746.jpg\" alt=\"Beginning of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Beginning of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Moss-covered rocks leading the way.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_123137.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_123137.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Very occasionally, there was a trail next to portions of the North Slide that were overgrown.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_123620.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_123620.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One had to climb over these rocks, which, frankly, wasn&#8217;t too hard.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_124026.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_124026.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One had to climb over these rocks, which, frankly, wasn&#8217;t too hard.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_124250.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_124250.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looked pretty steep from this angle.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_124402.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_124402.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One had to climb over these rocks. As it got higher there were fewer footholds and handholds.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_125025.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_125025.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">There was a patch of wet rock in the upper-center of this photo, which caused some traction issue. As a result, I had to go through the bushes to the right.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_125739.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_125739.jpg\" alt=\"Lower Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lower Part of North Slide<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_130531.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_130531.jpg\" alt=\"Middle of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Middle of North Slide<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>First and foremost, the entirety of North Slide was very steep. My tracking shows it has an average (tangent) gradient of 0.55 for about 0.6km (0.4mi).<br \/>\nIn more detail, as some online comments suggested, the lower part of North Slide had many of its rocks covered in moss. However, that part wasn&#8217;t the steepest so the moss didn&#8217;t present me any challenges.<br \/>\nAs I went further up, the rocks became bigger, the cracks became fewer in between, and the handholds and footholds not as plentiful, so I considered that part the most technical. It rained the previous day so portions of the rocks were wet (despite most of North Slide exposed to the sun). I encountered the most challenge at one spot (p7 above), partly due to the wet rocks. Thankfully, I found a detour around and went through it unscathed. At the same time, I heard another hiker below me slide down the rocks, speaking to the challenges these rocks present.<\/p>\n<p>At the middle of North Slide, the trail briefly entered woods. After that, the upper part of North Slide was wider, still as steep but in my opinion not as technical. It was made of (mostly) talus and (sometimes) scree, compared to the continuous rock faces of the lower part. In my opinion, walking on talus was much easier, at least I could rely on hiking poles (instead of my hands). With its openness also came soothing winds providing me some much-needed cooling, together with great views of the White Mountains to the North. The steep grade of North Slide in the foreground came with it a sense of intimacy to the mountains further back, and I loved how rewarding those views felt.<\/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\/07\/07\/20240707_130328.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_130328.jpg\" width=\"93.2%\" alt=\"Middle of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Middle of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A brief reprieve from rocks and boulders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_130651.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_130651.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Upper Part of North Slide<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_133134.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_133134.jpg\" alt=\"Incline of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Incline of North Slide<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_133349.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_133349.jpg\" alt=\"Top Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Top Part of North Slide<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_131205.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_131205.jpg\" alt=\"White Mountains from North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>White Mountains from North Slide<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_132000.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_132000.jpg\" alt=\"White Mountains from North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>White Mountains from North Slide<\/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\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_130328.jpg\" alt=\"Middle of North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_130651.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Part of North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_133134.jpg\" alt=\"Incline of North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_133349.jpg\" alt=\"Top Part of North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_131205.jpg\" alt=\"White Mountains from North Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_132000.jpg\" alt=\"White Mountains from North Slide\" \/><\/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 of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_130328.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_130328.jpg\" alt=\"Middle of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Middle of North Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A brief reprieve from rocks and boulders.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_130651.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_130651.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Upper Part of North Slide<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_133134.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_133134.jpg\" alt=\"Incline of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Incline of North Slide<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_133349.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_133349.jpg\" alt=\"Top Part of North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Top Part of North Slide<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_131205.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_131205.jpg\" alt=\"White Mountains from North Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_132000.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_132000.jpg\" alt=\"White Mountains from North Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>White Mountains from North Slide<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Below are some notable mountains in view.<\/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\/07\/07\/20240707_131948.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_131948.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Osceola\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Osceola<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_131950.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_131950.jpg\" width=\"93.2%\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mt Moosilauke in the background, which I summitted three weeks ago.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_131953.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_131953.jpg\" width=\"93.2%\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Franconia Ridge in the background.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_131955.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_131955.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Carrigain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Carrigain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_133202.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_133202.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Mount Washington\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Mount Washington<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_133148.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_133148.jpg\" width=\"93.2%\" alt=\"Mount Tecumseh\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Tecumseh<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With Waterville Valley Ski Resort.<\/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\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_131948.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Osceola\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_131950.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_131953.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_131955.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Carrigain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_133202.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Mount Washington\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_133148.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Tecumseh\" \/><\/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 various mountains from the top of the North Slide.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_131948.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_131948.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Osceola\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Osceola<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_131950.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_131950.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mt Moosilauke in the background, which I summitted three weeks ago.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_131953.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_131953.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Franconia Ridge in the background.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_131955.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_131955.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Carrigain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Carrigain<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_133202.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_133202.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Mount Washington\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Mount Washington<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_133148.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_133148.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Tecumseh\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Tecumseh<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With Waterville Valley Ski Resort.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Leaving the top of North Slide, the summit of North Tripyramid was a short 0.2km (600ft) away. After all the exhausting work making it up the North Slide, I was hoping for some relief but unfortunately I didn&#8217;t get any. The remaining trail through North\/Middle\/South Tripyramids was not as technically challenging, but it was long and nonetheless demanding. To make matters worse, with many rocks along the trail still wet (they didn&#8217;t get as much sunshine as the slides), they still required a lot of caution, something in short supply in my mind given I was eager to reach North Tripyramid. As a result, I had a slip on one of the rocks, and my clothes took on the casualty with patches of dirt stain. (Once in the woods, my shoes picked up some dirt and pine needles which also affected their traction.) Luckily, I wasn&#8217;t hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Below were the photos taken along the ridge connecting North\/Middle\/South Tripyramids. It was oftentimes wet, steep, and frankly not as pleasant as the slides.<\/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\/07\/07\/20240707_133910.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_133910.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_135045.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_135045.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_140324.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_140324.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_140741.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_140741.jpg\" width=\"96.2%\" alt=\"Fallen Tree along Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fallen Tree along Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This one wasn&#8217;t that hard to navigate around.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_141517.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_141517.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_142815.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_142815.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_143518.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_143518.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_143732.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_143732.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_144745.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_144745.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_145052.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_145052.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_145225.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_145225.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_150411.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_150411.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_150629.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_150629.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/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\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_133910.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_135045.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_140324.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_140741.jpg\" alt=\"Fallen Tree along Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_141517.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_142815.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_143518.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_143732.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_144745.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_145052.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_145225.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_150411.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_150629.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-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_133910.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_133910.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_135045.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_135045.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_140324.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_140324.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_140741.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_140741.jpg\" alt=\"Fallen Tree along Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fallen Tree along Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This one wasn&#8217;t that hard to navigate around.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_141517.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_141517.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_142815.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_142815.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_143518.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_143518.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_143732.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_143732.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_144745.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_144745.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_145052.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_145052.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_145225.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_145225.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_150411.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_150411.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_150629.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_150629.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>And here were photos of the summits of the three Tripyramids. They were all surrounded by trees and offered few views, hence unremarkable. On this aspect, the best part of the hike was along the slides.<\/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\/07\/07\/20240707_135556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_135556.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of North Tripyramid\" \/><\/a><\/br>Summit of North Tripyramid<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Inconspicuous, even a bit muddy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_143255.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_143255.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Chocorua<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">I summitted Mt Chocorua last week, so this was a familiar sight from Middle Tripyramid. Of the three summits of Tripyramid, the middle summit was the smallest, but it offered a glimpse of view to the east while the other two were surrounded by deep forest.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_145522.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_145522.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of South Tripyramid\" \/><\/a><\/br>Summit of South Tripyramid<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Still, unremarkable.<\/span><\/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\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_135556.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of North Tripyramid\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_143255.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_145522.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of South Tripyramid\" \/><\/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 from the summits of tripyramids.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_135556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_135556.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of North Tripyramid\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Summit of North Tripyramid<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Inconspicuous, even a bit muddy.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_143255.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_143255.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Chocorua\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Chocorua<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">I summitted Mt Chocorua last week, so this was a familiar sight from Middle Tripyramid. Of the three summits of Tripyramid, the middle summit was the smallest, but it offered a glimpse of view to the east while the other two were surrounded by deep forest.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_145522.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_145522.jpg\" alt=\"Summit of South Tripyramid\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Summit of South Tripyramid<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Still, unremarkable.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In the end, it took me just under an hour to cover the 1.6km (1mi) of trail from North Tripyramid to South Tripyramid. As I previously said, after the excitement on the North Slide, this hour felt unbearably long as my enjoyment and hence my patience was in short supply.<\/p>\n<p>Then it&#8217;s the South Slide. It&#8217;s combined the talus from the upper part of North Slide, and the narrowness of the lower part (but not as moss-covered). It was more of a rock-hopping experience than a scrambling one. Hiking poles were very helpful here.<\/p>\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\/07\/07\/20240707_151053.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_151053.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking South Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking South Slide<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_151200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_151200.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Slide<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_152423.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_152423.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Slide<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_153308.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_153308.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Slide<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_153925.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_153925.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Slide<\/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\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_151053.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking South Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_151200.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_152423.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_153308.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_153925.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/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 of the South Slide.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_151053.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_151053.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking South Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking South Slide<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_151200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_151200.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Slide<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_152423.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_152423.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Slide<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_153308.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_153308.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Slide<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_153925.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_153925.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Slide<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The South Slide was narrower, and facing south where there were fewer mountains, so the views weren&#8217;t as exciting compared to the North Slide.<\/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\/07\/07\/20240707_151251.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_151251.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Overlooking South Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking South Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With Sandwich Mountain in the background.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_151831.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_151831.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Slide<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_153636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_153636.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains from South Slide\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains from South Slide<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_155525.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_155525.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Tecumseh\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Tecumseh<\/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\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_151251.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking South Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_151831.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_153636.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains from South Slide\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_155525.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Tecumseh\" \/><\/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 slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_151251.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_151251.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking South Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking South Slide<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With Sandwich Mountain in the background.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_151831.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_151831.jpg\" alt=\"South Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Slide<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_153636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_153636.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains from South Slide\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains from South Slide<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_155525.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_155525.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Tecumseh\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Tecumseh<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>From the base of South Slide, it&#8217;s a 2.8km trail back to the forest road. It started out as a pleasant stroll in the woods, accompanied by the lovely sound of Slide Brook just a few steps away. (Today&#8217;s entire hike below the two slides were parallel to some streams.)<\/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\/07\/07\/20240707_160157.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_160157.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_161118.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_161118.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_162031.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_162031.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_162159.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_162159.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_164401.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_164401.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_164928.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_164928.jpg\" alt=\"Muddy Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Muddy Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_165913.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_165913.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\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_160157.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_161118.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_162031.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_162159.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_164401.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_164928.jpg\" alt=\"Muddy Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails-s\/20240707_165913.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 slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_160157.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_160157.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_161118.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_161118.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_162031.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_162031.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_162159.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_162159.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_164401.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_164401.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_164928.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_164928.jpg\" alt=\"Muddy Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Muddy Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/20240707_165913.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/07\/07\/thumbnails\/20240707_165913.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, just as the trail was approaching the forest road, there were sections of it that were muddy. (The few exposed rocks and installed planks to helped, but only to some degree.) 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