Summits
Monadnock / Marlboro Trail - Crowded Summit
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This may seem like a summit with a lot of hikers on it, but for Monadnock in the fall, it's really not too crowded. The cold wind on this clear, crisp day is enough to move people off the summit fairly quickly.
Another thing interesting in this picture is the undulating granite surface. Remember that this summit hasn't been exposed for very long - trees were growing here at the end of the 19th century before the fires started. So what you see here is a picture very much like what would be under the soil of many of those New Hampshire summits that have no treeline.
Also, this is probably what the summit of Grand Monadnock looked like around 12-15,000 years ago when the ice sheets from the Pleistocene receeded toward the North Pole.
10/11/2004
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