Author : Mike Dickerman
Publisher : American Chronicles
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,95 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781626190801
"A collection of vignettes about the trail guides and builders of the White Mountains"--
Author : Steven D. Smith
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,73 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Hiking
ISBN : 9781931271394
Author : Erin Paul Donovan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 27,95 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1467128627
Built by James Everell Henry, the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (EB&L) is considered to be the grandest and largest logging railroad operation ever built in New England. In 1892, the mountain town of Lincoln, New Hampshire, was transformed from a struggling wilderness enclave to a thriving mill town when Henry moved his logging operation from Zealand. He built houses, a company store, sawmills, and a railroad into the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River watershed to harvest virgin spruce. Despite the departure of the last EB&L log train from Lincoln Woods by 1948, the industry's cut-and-run practices forever changed the future of land conservation in the region, prompting legislation like the Weeks Act of 1911 and the Wilderness Act of 1964. Today, nearly every trail in the Pemigewasset Wilderness follows or utilizes portions of the old EB&L Railroad bed.
Author : Bruce R. Bolnick
Publisher : Countryman Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,44 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780881504644
This guide to over 100 waterfalls in the White Mountains of New Hampshire tells the best times of year and vantage points from which to view them, and also gives suggestions for further hikes, swimming holes, and uncrowded picnic spots.
Author : Sandy Stott
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,1 MB
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1512601764
A misread map, a sudden storm, a forgotten headlampÑand suddenly a leisurely hike turns into a treacherous endeavor. In the past decade, inexpensive but sophisticated navigation devices and mobile phones have led to alarming levels of overconfidence on the trail. Adding to this worrisome trend, the increasing popularity of ventures into mountainous terrain has led hikers seeking solitudeÑor an adrenaline rushÑinto increasingly remote or risky forays. Sandy Stott, the ÒAccidentsÓ editor at the journal of the Appalachian Mountain Club, delivers both a history and a celebration of the search and rescue workers who save countless lives in the White MountainsÑalong with a plea for us not to take their steadfastness and bravery for granted. Filled with tales of astonishing courage and sobering tragedy, Critical Hours will appeal to outdoor enthusiasts and armchair adventurers alike.
Author : Cheryl Suchors
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 15,33 MB
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1631524747
Floundering in her second career, the one she’s always wanted, forty-eight year old Cheryl Suchors resolves that, despite a fear of heights, her mid-life success depends on hiking the highest of the grueling White Mountains in New Hampshire. All forty-eight of them. She endures injuries, novice mistakes, and the heartbreaking loss of a best friend. When breast cancer threatens her own life, she seeks solace and recovery in the wild. Her quest takes ten years. Regardless of the need since childhood to feel successful and in control, climbing teaches her mastery isn’t enough and control is often an illusion. Connecting with friends and with nature, Suchors redefines success: she discovers a source of spiritual nourishment, spaces powerful enough to absorb her grief, and joy in the persistence of love and beauty. 48 Peaks inspires us to believe that, no matter what obstacles we face, we too can attain our summits.
Author : Mike Dickerman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 20,76 MB
Release : 2021-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1467106674
New Hampshire's iconic 4,000-foot peaks, with their rugged character and natural beauty, have been attracting hikers, explorers, and outdoor enthusiasts to the White Mountains for more than 200 years. Though they are best known today for their long-standing popularity among peak-bagging hikers, these mountains played a major role in the development of the region from a daunting wilderness to a thriving recreational mecca. This transformation included the construction of the world-famous Mount Washington Cog Railway in 1869 and its various summit hotels atop the Northeast's highest peak, the cutting of hundreds of miles of recreational footpaths in the mountain valleys and on their steep slopes, and the creation of some of New England's first downhill ski trails on Mounts Moosilauke, Cannon, and Wildcat in the 1920s and 1930s. Over the years, the 4,000-footers have attracted visitors from all walks of life, including US presidents, renowned poets, world-class skiers, and Supreme Court justices.
Author : Patricia Ellis Herr
Publisher : Crown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 11,60 MB
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 030795207X
When Trish Herr became pregnant with her first daughter, Alex, she and her husband, Hugh, vowed to instill a bond with nature in their children. By the time Alex was five, her over-the-top energy levels led Trish to believe that her very young daughter might be capable of hiking adult-sized mountains. In Up, Trish recounts their always exhilarating--and sometimes harrowing--adventures climbing all forty-eight of New Hampshire's highest mountains. Readers will delight in the expansive views and fresh air that only peakbaggers are afforded, and will laugh out loud as Trish urges herself to "mother up" when she and Alex meet an ornery--and alarmingly bold--spruce grouse on the trail. This is, at heart, a resonant, emotionally honest account of a mother's determination to foster independence and fearlessness in her daughter, to teach her "that small doesn't necessarily mean weak; that girls can be strong; and that big, bold things are possible."
Author : John T. B. Mudge
Publisher :
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 48,36 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780963356062
This 224 page book identifies more than 200 places in the White Mountains -- streams, mountains, trails & many other locations & traces the history of the region from colonial days to present times. The book also includes reproductions of important photographs of the region. The author is a veteran hiker & long time visitor to the White Mountains who spends as much time as possible up there hiking the mountains that he loves. "And visitors to New Hampshire's mountains can settle arguments by consulting The White Mountains, Names, Places & Legends." Yankee Magazine. "The beauty of the book is that one can opt to read it alphabetically or simply open it anywhere." Northern New Hampshire Magazine. "A little encyclopedia of everything you'd ever want to know about this well-loved mountain range." Summit Magazine.
Author : Steven D. Smith
Publisher : Backcountry Guides
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 22,34 MB
Release : 1998-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780881504132
A year-round guide to 68 of the best hikes, walks, and family outings in New Hampshire.
