{"id":10035,"date":"2025-08-23T22:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=10035"},"modified":"2025-12-27T10:10:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T02:10:31","slug":"20250823baldface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823baldface\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking Baldface Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late August 2025, I headed to New Hampshire and hiked its popular Baldface Loop.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_143536C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_143536C.jpg\" alt=\"South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script 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As a result, this hike of Baldface Loop on Aug 23 was the only &#8220;local&#8221; hike in the northeast that I took in the entire July-September period. <\/p>\n<p>Located on the northeastern part of New Hampshire&#8217;s White Mountains, the trailhead for this hike was a bit of out the way for me to reach from Boston, taking me a 3-hour drive instead of the more typical 2-hour one to reach the range&#8217;s more accessible areas, such as Franconia Ridge or Waterville Valley. (This extended driving time might well reflect my gradual depletion of worthy outdoor destinations closer to home.) (Also, I had been stuck behind some slow traffic for much of NH Route 16 since Rochester, which certainly didn&#8217;t make for the most enjoyable morning.)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_104028.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_104028.jpg\" alt=\"Overflow Parking\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overflow Parking<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The official parking lot for this hike was limited in size. It was completely full when I arrived at 10:30am,. About twice as many cars opted to park along the road like this.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After some warmup, I started the hike at 10:45am. 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=244833617&#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=244833617&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The trail started as a casual walk in the woods for about 1.2km (0.7mi) to an intersection near Emerald Pool, before forking into two branches. I made a slight left here, opting to traverse the loop clockwise\u2014the recommended direction, as it would take me upward along the most technical &#8220;ledges&#8221; section toward South Baldface.<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_104713.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_104713.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_110029.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_110029.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_110221.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_110221.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_113754.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_113754.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_114318.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_114318.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_114631.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_114631.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_115239.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_115239.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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_104713.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_110029.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_110221.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_113754.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_114318.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_114631.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_115239.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<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_104713.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_104713.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_110029.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_110029.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_110221.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_110221.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_113754.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_113754.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_114318.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_114318.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_114631.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_114631.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_115239.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_115239.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>About 1.9km (1.2mi) into the hike, the trail forked again, presenting an option to visit Chandler Gorge\u2014a detour I decided to take. The trail to Chandler Gorge was a bit narrower than the main trail, and much steeper immediately leaving the gorge. As for the gorge itself, time had softened its granite walls with a verdant covering of mosses and vegetation, rendering it rather unassuming until one drew quite near. A modest overlook afforded views to appreciate the gorge&#8217;s geometry, though the attraction was admittedly brief. Overall, I wouldn&#8217;t regret it had I skipped the gorge along the main trail to South Baldface.<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_112627.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_112627.jpg\" width=\"87.11%\" alt=\"Chandler Gorge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chandler Gorge<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_112825.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_112825.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Creek in Chandler Gorge\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_112900.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_112900.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Chandler Gorge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chandler Gorge<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_112911.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_112911.jpg\" width=\"87.11%\" alt=\"Chandler Gorge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chandler Gorge<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_112627.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Gorge\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_112900.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Gorge\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_112911.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Gorge\" \/><\/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 Chandler Gorge.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_112627.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_112627.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Gorge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Chandler Gorge<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_112825.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_112825.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Creek in Chandler Gorge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_112900.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_112900.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Chandler Gorge\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chandler Gorge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_112911.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_112911.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Gorge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Chandler Gorge<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Including the detour to Chandler Gorge, my casual walk in the woods ended when I reached South Baldface Shelter, about 4.5km (2.8mi) from the trailhead. The section of the trail after that was named &#8220;Ledges&#8221;, a steep ascent requiring some scrambling (entry level YDS class 3).<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_122511.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_122511.jpg\" width=\"87.11%\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_122827.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_122827.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_123113.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_123113.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_124731.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_124731.jpg\" width=\"87.11%\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_124907.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_124907.jpg\" width=\"87.11%\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_125039.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_125039.jpg\" width=\"45.6%\" alt=\"Steep Path on Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Path on Rocks<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One that required some scrambling to scale up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_125043.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_125043.jpg\" width=\"87.11%\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_122511.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_122827.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_124731.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_124907.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_125039.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Path on Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_125043.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/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 slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_122511.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_122511.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_122827.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_122827.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_123113.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_123113.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_124731.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_124731.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_124907.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_124907.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_125039.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_125039.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Path on Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Path on Rocks<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One that required some scrambling to scale up.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_125043.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_125043.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I tried to use my drone to record my climb through the &#8220;Ledges&#8221;. However, the trees scattered throughout its lower sections made it difficult for the drone to properly follow my progress. I had this brief video below:<br \/>\n<video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/Ledges_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/South_Baldface_Ledge_2160p24_H265_14Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">2 minutes and 23 seconds, 2160p24fps, H265 only, 14Mbps\/259MB file size.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The intense climb of &#8220;Ledges&#8221; lasted for 200m of vertical height. A short while later, I reached the intersection with Baldface Knob Trail\u2014part of the longer Baldface Loop that bypassed the technical &#8220;Ledges&#8221; section. From there, it was a delightful walk through alpine landscape to the summit of South Baldface.<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_125840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_125840.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Trail with Mountainous Backdrop\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail with Mountainous Backdrop<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6956.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6956.jpg\" alt=\"Eagle Crag\" \/><\/a><\/br>Eagle Crag<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6958.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6958.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail to South Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_130746.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_130746.jpg\" width=\"83%\" alt=\"Cairns\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cairns<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Marking the intersection of Baldface Circle Trail and Baldface Knob Trail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_130852.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_130852.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to South Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_131345.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_131345.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Trail from South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail from South Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_131353.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_131353.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to South Baldface<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_125840.jpg\" alt=\"Trail with Mountainous Backdrop\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6956.jpg\" alt=\"Eagle Crag\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6958.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_130746.jpg\" alt=\"Cairns\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_130852.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_131345.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from South Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_131353.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/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 Ledges onto South Baldface.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_125840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_125840.jpg\" alt=\"Trail with Mountainous Backdrop\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail with Mountainous Backdrop<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6956.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6956.jpg\" alt=\"Eagle Crag\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Eagle Crag<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6958.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6958.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail to South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_130746.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_130746.jpg\" alt=\"Cairns\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cairns<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Marking the intersection of Baldface Circle Trail and Baldface Knob Trail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_130852.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_130852.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_131345.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_131345.jpg\" alt=\"Trail from South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail from South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_131353.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_131353.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to South Baldface<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I reached the summit of South Baldface just before 1:30pm. The summit was a bit buggy, but the wind that day largely kept them at bay.<br \/>\nThe panoramic views revealed my first glimpse that day of the mountains stretching westward toward the heart of the White Mountains, where distinctive peaks traced their silhouettes along the horizon\u2014a striking contrast to the plains and ponds sprawling to the southeast. In the foreground, I could trace the final section of trail winding through sparse alpine vegetation below toward South Baldface, while in a different direction, North Baldface rose amid groves of fir, marking both the progress I had made and the next objective that lay ahead.<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6961.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6961.jpg\" alt=\"North Baldface Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>North Baldface Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6960.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Royce Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Royce Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One that straddles between New Hampshire and Maine.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6962C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6962C11.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Washington\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Washington<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6970C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6970C9.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The very distinctive rock face of Cathedral Ledge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7001.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_134518.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_134518.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Mountains to the Northeast\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the Northeast<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6961.jpg\" alt=\"North Baldface Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6960.jpg\" alt=\"Royce Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6962C11.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Washington\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6970C9.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7001.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_134518.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the Northeast\" \/><\/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 from the summit of South Baldface.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6961.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6961.jpg\" alt=\"North Baldface Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>North Baldface Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6960.jpg\" alt=\"Royce Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Royce Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One that straddles between New Hampshire and Maine.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6962C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6962C11.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Washington\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Washington<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6970C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6970C9.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The very distinctive rock face of Cathedral Ledge.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7001.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_134518.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_134518.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the Northeast\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the Northeast<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6966.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6966.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking Back at Trail to South Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6999.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6999.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6967.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6967.jpg\" width=\"89.6%\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Eagle Crag in the lower center, Appalachian Trail passed through the mountains in the far background.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6972.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6972.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The highest peak in the center is Kearsarge North, which I climbed earlier this year in winter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7002.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields to the Southeast<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_134832C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_134832C.jpg\" width=\"67%\" alt=\"Summit Marker of South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>Summit Marker of South Baldface<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6966.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6999.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6967.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_6972.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7002.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_134832C.jpg\" alt=\"Summit Marker of South Baldface\" \/><\/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 from the summit of South Baldface.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6966.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6966.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Trail to South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Looking Back at Trail to South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6999.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6999.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6967.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6967.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Eagle Crag in the lower center, Appalachian Trail passed through the mountains in the far background.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6972.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6972.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The highest peak in the center is Kearsarge North, which I climbed earlier this year in winter.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7002.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields to the Southeast<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_134832C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_134832C.jpg\" alt=\"Summit Marker of South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Summit Marker of South Baldface<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_6973_DSC_6996-24.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_6973_DSC_6996-24.jpg\" alt=\"View from South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video from South Baldface:<br \/>\n<video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/South_Baldface_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/South_Baldface_2160p60_H265_20Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">14 seconds, 2160p60fps, H265 only, 20Mbps \/ 38MB.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After a 25-minute break at South Baldface, I set out towards North Baldface at 1:50pm.<br \/>\nThe trail traveled through a good mixture of woods and alpine tundra between the two peaks. There were a few scrambling moves right before North Baldface,  though they proved neither as extensive nor as technical as the &#8220;Ledges&#8221; before South Baldface.<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_135305.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_135305.jpg\" width=\"94.5%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_135737.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_135737.jpg\" width=\"94.5%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_140014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_140014.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_140124.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_140124.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The trail briefly dipped below the tree line between South and North Baldface.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_141643.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_141643.jpg\" width=\"94.5%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_142311.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_142311.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail on Rocks\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_142504.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_142504.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail on Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail on Rocks<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just before North Baldface there was a steep section.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_142642.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_142642.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_142707.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_142707.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just before North Baldface there was a steep section.<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_135305.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_135737.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_140014.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_141643.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_142311.jpg\" alt=\"Trail on Rocks\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_142642.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-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail between South and North Baldface.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_135305.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_135305.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_135737.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_135737.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_140014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_140014.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_140124.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_140124.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The trail briefly dipped below the tree line between South and North Baldface.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_141643.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_141643.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_142311.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_142311.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail on Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_142504.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_142504.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail on Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail on Rocks<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just before North Baldface there was a steep section.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_142642.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_142642.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_142707.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_142707.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just before North Baldface there was a steep section.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>45 minutes after leaving South Baldface, I reached North Baldface. Like its southern counterpart, the summit offered panoramic views\u2014largely of the same surrounding mountains, though from a subtly shifted perspective.<br \/>\nAnd just like its southern counterpart, a few exposed patches of rock pointed out my path forward, following a gentle ridgeline to Eagle Crag.<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_144328.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_144328.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Sign at North Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sign at North Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7005.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking Back at South Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7016.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7016.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7008C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7008C.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Washington\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mt Washington<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7012.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Moriah\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Moriah<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7020.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7020.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Distant Mountains to the Southeast\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Mountains to the Southeast<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The distinctive Tripyramid group.<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_144328.jpg\" alt=\"Sign at North Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7005.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at South Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7016.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7008C.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Washington\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7012.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Moriah\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7020.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Mountains to the Southeast\" \/><\/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 summit of North Baldface.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_144328.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_144328.jpg\" alt=\"Sign at North Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sign at North Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7005.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Looking Back at South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7016.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7016.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7008C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7008C.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Washington\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mt Washington<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7012.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Moriah\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Moriah<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7020.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7020.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Mountains to the Southeast\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Mountains to the Southeast<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The distinctive Tripyramid group.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7009.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7009.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the Southwest\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the Southwest<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_145928.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_145928.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7013.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7014.jpg\" alt=\"Rolling Hills to the Northeast\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rolling Hills to the Northeast<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7019.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7019.jpg\" alt=\"Speckled Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Speckled Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7043.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7043.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields to the Southeast<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7009.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the Southwest\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_145928.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7013.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7014.jpg\" alt=\"Rolling Hills to the Northeast\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7019.jpg\" alt=\"Speckled Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7043.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/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 from the summit of North Baldface.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7009.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7009.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the Southwest\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the Southwest<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_145928.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_145928.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7013.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7014.jpg\" alt=\"Rolling Hills to the Northeast\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rolling Hills to the Northeast<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7019.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7019.jpg\" alt=\"Speckled Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Speckled Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7043.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7043.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields to the Southeast<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7022_DSC_7042-21.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7022_DSC_7042-21.jpg\" alt=\"View from North Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from North Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video from North Baldface:<br \/>\n<video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/North_Baldface_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/North_Baldface_2160p60_H265_20Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">13 seconds, 2160p60fps, H265 only, 20Mbps \/ 34MB.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After a 25-minute break, almost identical to the one I had on South Baldface, I resumed my hike.<br \/>\nSeveral trails offered descent routes from North Baldface. I opted for the northernmost option of &#8220;Baldface Circle Trail&#8221;, which brought me closest to Eagle Crag. (Even so, a detour to Eagle Crag would add 450 meters to my total distance.) Along the way, I encountered another hiker who had ascended via the Bicknell Ridge Trail, which he described as having &#8220;very beautiful views.&#8221;<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_150239.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_150239.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_150449.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_150449.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Immediately upon leaving North Baldface, there were a few steep sections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_151203.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_151203.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_152921.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_152921.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Immediately upon leaving North Baldface, there were a few steep sections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_151929.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_151929.jpg\" width=\"94.6%\" alt=\"Trail with Mountainous Backdrop\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail with Mountainous Backdrop<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_152526.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_152526.jpg\" width=\"94.6%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_153321.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_153321.jpg\" width=\"94.6%\" alt=\"Steep Step along Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Step along Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_154012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_154012.jpg\" width=\"94.6%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_155653.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_155653.jpg\" width=\"94.6%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_155827.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_155827.jpg\" width=\"94.6%\" alt=\"Textured Rocks along Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Textured Rocks along 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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_150239.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_151203.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_151929.jpg\" alt=\"Trail with Mountainous Backdrop\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_152526.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_153321.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Step along Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_154012.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_155653.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_155827.jpg\" alt=\"Textured Rocks along 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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_150239.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_150239.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_150449.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_150449.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Immediately upon leaving North Baldface, there were a few steep sections.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_151203.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_151203.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_152921.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20250823_152921.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Immediately upon leaving North Baldface, there were a few steep sections.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_151929.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_151929.jpg\" alt=\"Trail with Mountainous Backdrop\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail with Mountainous Backdrop<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_152526.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_152526.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_153321.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_153321.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Step along Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Step along Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_154012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_154012.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_155653.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_155653.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_155827.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_155827.jpg\" alt=\"Textured Rocks along Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Textured Rocks along Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Between North Baldface and Eagle Crag, the trail wove through varied patches of woodland, occasionally opening to reveal vistas of the mountains flanking Wild River Valley to the north.<br \/>\nI reached Eagle Crag around 4pm. Unlike the two earlier summits with their panoramic views, Eagle Crag only offered a 180-degree view to the south. But what it lacked in scope, it made up for in narrative. From this vantage point, I could trace the entire arc of my day&#8217;s journey: the ascent from the Ledge to South Baldface, and the continuation onward to North Baldface, and then back down here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7052.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7052.jpg\" alt=\"South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7045.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7045.jpg\" alt=\"North Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>North Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7047.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7047.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge Connecting South and North Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ridge Connecting South and North Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7067.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7067.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7051.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7051.jpg\" alt=\"Caribou Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Caribou Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7053.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7053.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields to the Southeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-11\">\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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7052.jpg\" alt=\"South Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7045.jpg\" alt=\"North Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7047.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge Connecting South and North Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7067.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7051.jpg\" alt=\"Caribou Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7053.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/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-11, #splide-thumb-11 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Eagle Crag.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7052.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7052.jpg\" alt=\"South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7045.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7045.jpg\" alt=\"North Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>North Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7047.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7047.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge Connecting South and North Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ridge Connecting South and North Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7067.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7067.jpg\" alt=\"\"Ledges\" onto South Baldface\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>&#8220;Ledges&#8221; onto South Baldface<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7051.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7051.jpg\" alt=\"Caribou Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Caribou Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7053.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7053.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields to the Southeast<\/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\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7054_DSC_7065-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7054_DSC_7065-12.jpg\" alt=\"View from Eagle Crag\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from Eagle Crag<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I stayed at Eagle Crag for about 15 minutes before heading down. Leaving Eagle Crag, there was a short but steep section of trail, before it eased up into a typical stroll in the woods.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_162411.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_162411.jpg\" width=\"96.25%\" alt=\"Early Foliage\" \/><\/a><\/br>Early Foliage<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">There was still a week till the end of August but some leaves were already turning yellow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_162716.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_162716.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_163132.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_163132.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_170446.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_170446.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_171724.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_171724.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_173818.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_173818.jpg\" width=\"96.25%\" alt=\"Trees\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trees<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">That looked like a trident.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_173953.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_173953.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-12\">\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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_162411.jpg\" alt=\"Early Foliage\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_162716.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_163132.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_170446.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_171724.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_173818.jpg\" alt=\"Trees\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_173953.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-12, #splide-thumb-12 { 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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_162411.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_162411.jpg\" alt=\"Early Foliage\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Early Foliage<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">There was still a week till the end of August but some leaves were already turning yellow.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_162716.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_162716.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_163132.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_163132.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_170446.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_170446.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_171724.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_171724.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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_173818.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_173818.jpg\" alt=\"Trees\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trees<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">That looked like a trident.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_173953.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_173953.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Overall, the day felt very hot in the woods, and I had to ration water from early on in the hike. I started the hike with 6 bottles of water. Ideally I should have brought 7.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_180001C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_180001C9.jpg\" alt=\"Frog\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Frog<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This one wasn&#8217;t shy about my camera.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back at the first(last) trail intersection, I decided to take a short detour to Emerald Pool, which was located after a waterfall along Charles Brook. Viewed from above, the pool plunged to remarkable depths\u2014a striking contrast to the shallow, pebble-strewn riverbed surrounding it, and thus the source of its evocative name. It would have made for a perfect swimming spot, had I brought towels and a change of clothes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_180632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_180632.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Emerald Pool\" \/><\/a><\/br>Emerald Pool<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7070.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7070.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald Pool\" \/><\/a><\/br>Emerald Pool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-13\">\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\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20250823_180632.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald Pool\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_7070.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald Pool\" \/><\/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-13, #splide-thumb-13 { 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\/2025\/08\/23\/20250823_180632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/20250823_180632.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald Pool\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Emerald Pool<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/DSC_7070.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2025\/08\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_7070.jpg\" alt=\"Emerald Pool\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Emerald Pool<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In the end, I got back to my car at 6:25pm, concluding the entire hike in 7 hours and 40 minutes.<br \/>\nEND<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late August 2025, I headed to New Hampshire and hiked its popular Baldface Loop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[427,2],"tags":[649],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10035"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10122,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10035\/revisions\/10122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}