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Boulders by Greenleaf trail

Lincoln & Lafayette, July 2010

The classic Lincoln - Lafayette loop hike, except I went down Greenleaf trail instead of the Old Bridle Path.
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you should see an image here Stairs Falls, first of the waterfalls on the Falling Waters trail.
you should see an image here Stairs Falls again.
you should see an image here Swiftwater Falls.
you should see an image here Cloudland Falls.
you should see an image here Cloudland Falls detail.
you should see an image here Cloudland Falls detail detail.
you should see an image here Nameless cascade above Cloudland Falls.
you should see an image here Hikers venturing onto Shining Rock.
you should see an image here Water on Shining Rock.
you should see an image here Mt Lincoln, seen from Little Haystack.
you should see an image here Mt Lafayette, with cloud
you should see an image here Looking back at Mt Lincoln - I count 22 people in this photo
you should see an image here Another view of Mt Lincoln from the north.
you should see an image here One more view of the trail back to Mt Lincoln.
you should see an image here One of the nameless little knobs on Franconia Ridge between Mt Lincoln and Mt Lafayette.
you should see an image here Mt Lafayette from the south.
you should see an image here Mt Lincoln from the north.
you should see an image here Mt Bond, with West Bond and Bondcliff.
you should see an image here From the summit of Lafayette, looking down past the Greenleaf hut to Cannon Cliffs.
you should see an image here Looking down to Eagle Cliff and Echo Lake.
you should see an image here Looking down at Agony Ridge - my originally-intended return trail.
you should see an image here Looking up at Mt Lincoln from near Greenleaf hut.
you should see an image here Indian Pipe, monotropa uniflora
you should see an image here I chose the Greenleaf trail hoping to avoid crowds - I was right.
you should see an image here Moss and fungus beside the trail.
you should see an image here Jumbled boulders.
you should see an image here A fairly recent landslide in the notch beside Eagle Cliff.
you should see an image here Looking along Eagle Cliff to Cannon Cliff.
you should see an image here I call this the Boulder of Damocles: it's cracked and hanging above the trail.
you should see an image here A spruce growing on Eagle Cliff.
you should see an image here Glimpse of what's left of the Old Man's forehead.
you should see an image here Cannon Cliff from below.
you should see an image here The north end of Eagle Cliff.
you should see an image here The south end of Eagle Cliff.
you should see an image here White Turtlehead, Chelone glabra
you should see an image here Another White Turtlehead.
you should see an image here Mt Lincoln in evening shadow.
you should see an image here Looking up the Pemigewasset River at Cannon Cliff.
you should see an image here Spotted joe-pye weed, Eutrochium maculatum
you should see an image here Black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis. Delicious!