Thompson Falls
A short hike near the Wildcat Ski Area across from Pinkham Notch. A wonderful though not always easy trail with many pretty cascades.
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Thompson Falls - View of The Great Gulf From Wildcat This view into the Great Gulf shows a patch of ice and snow remaining from the winter. That section of the Gulf is so well shaded that the temperature remains low enough to sustain the snow through summer. In a way, this reflects the way in which the Gulf formed, since it was created by the action of glaciers tens of thousands of years ago. This image was taken from the parking lot at the Wildcat Ski Area, near the beginning of the Thompson Falls Trail. See also… 7/22/2002 |
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Thompson Falls - Sue At The Trailhead Noteboard The beginning of the Thompson Falls trail is a trail maintained by Wildcat. The trail has a number of informational signs, one of which Sue is reading at the trailhead. See also… 7/22/2002 |
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Thompson Falls - The First Noteboard This is an example of one of several message boards; in this case, the subject is a bank of dirt that was an early road in the area. See also… 7/22/2002 |
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Thompson Falls - Historical Railroad Pieces These relics from the early days of the area are reminiscent of the many different activities that were part of the history of the Pinkham Notch. See also… 7/22/2002 |
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Thompson Falls - Plants and Club Mosses This image includes a variety of primitive and modern plants. The Lycopodium annotinum are the unbranched spiky plants. The branched ones are Lycopodium strobilus. Both of those are club mosses, a form of primitive plant that used to be dominant in prehistoric times (the Carboniferous). These kinds of plant were as large as trees then. See also… 7/22/2002 |
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