Archive for January, 2012

The Flume gorge – NH, U.S.A

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Well,  quite a lot happened since I published my last post. Its not that I stopped hiking, just that I ran out of time….. lame excuse, I know.

Right now, We’re in New Hampshire, U.S.A. Since this post is not at all about my personal life, I will not bother you with the details of how & why did we get here in the WRONG time of the year – but here we are, so we might as well use it to explore our surrounding – and there is definitely a lot to see around here.

We were not yet equipped for the winter. This comes to say that we did bought a geed, warm, hiking boots – BUT did not buy crampons… which turned this hike into an amusing experience – since this trail was covered in ice, and quite slippery.

During the Summer time, this is a short hike to a nice (but not that impressive) waterfall. They actually charge you for doing it. But right now, the waterfall had frozen – which turned it into a different spectacle altogether.

I almost have nothing to say about the trail itself. It’s a short one (about 1-2 km long), circular, well paved and maintained during the summer days. When we hiked it, it was covered by a 5 cm of snow – which really is not much, except for the parts where the snow turned to ice. For us, Coming from Israel  - hiking on a snow covered trail, watching a frozen waterfall and the many icicles that formed around it was a very special sight indeed. You are welcome to read a bit more about it here.