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South Baldface

Baldface, 11 March 2006

A ridge hike over the two peaks of Baldface via (mostly) the Baldface Circle Trail, on a freakishly warm winter day.
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you should see an image here This is the bottom of Chandler Gorge, a five-minute detour from the Baldface Circle Trail.
you should see an image here The lower sections of the trail are an easy walk through open woods.
you should see an image here South Baldface Shelter, just before the trail turns steep.
you should see an image here The trail emerges onto rocky slabs and starts climbing.
you should see an image here Small ledges like this dominate the next section of trail.
you should see an image here I was experimenting with panoramas - here's a small one taken just above the shelter.
you should see an image here First view of North Baldface.
you should see an image here Northerly view to Mt Meader.
you should see an image here The next panorama is too big to show on this page. Besides, the panels don't line up perfectly and I haven't yet installed real pano-stitching software. So here it is in small segments.
you should see an image here pano part 2: ridge from South Baldface to North Baldface
you should see an image here pano part 3: North Baldface
you should see an image here pano part 4: view north to Mt Moriah
you should see an image here pano part 5: Meader Ridge. That might be Old Speck on the horizon.
you should see an image here pano part 6: Royce
you should see an image here pano part 7: Speckled Mountain
you should see an image here pano part 8: view east into lowland Maine - Kezar Lake visible
you should see an image here pano part 9: more of Maine - I think that's Pleasant Mountain ski area on the right horizon
you should see an image here pano part 10: view south to Baldface Knob
you should see an image here pano part 11: I think that's Kearsarge North
you should see an image here pano part 12: Chocorua faintly visible in the distance
you should see an image here pano part 13: the slopes of South Baldface
you should see an image here I shot a few extra frames just in case the pano didn't work out: here's the ridge to North Baldface again.
you should see an image here And panning clockwise again...
you should see an image here to the Northeast again...
you should see an image here OK, that's enough of that panorama.
you should see an image here View down to the bald spur where I'd shot that huge panorama.
you should see an image here Summit of South Baldface, with a sudden view of Mt Washington.
you should see an image here View of North Baldface from South Baldface
you should see an image here View to Kearsarge North from South Baldface
you should see an image here Another shot of North Baldface from South Baldface
you should see an image here Another view down to that bald spur
you should see an image here In the full-size photo you can see the trail running through the center of this shot
you should see an image here Mt Washington from the ridge between the Baldfaces
you should see an image here Another shot of that eastern spur that the Baldface Cirlce trail climbed
you should see an image here Getting closer to North Baldface
you should see an image here View back to South Baldface
you should see an image here South Baldface again.
you should see an image here A rare shot of a nearly cloud-free Mt Washington
you should see an image here Final approach to North Baldface
you should see an image here One more look back to South Baldface
you should see an image here On the summit of North Baldface, a view to Mt Moriah
you should see an image here Shelburne Moriah from North Baldface
you should see an image here Royce from North Baldface
you should see an image here Eagle Crag from North Baldface
you should see an image here A view back to South Baldface and that exposed ridge
you should see an image here More of South Baldface
you should see an image here Icy conditions on the north-facing slope of North Baldface
you should see an image here Full moon, trees, and snow
you should see an image here Fading light on spruces, with South Baldface in the background
you should see an image here Close-up on that exposed eastern ridge on South Baldface
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