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The Tripyramid Peaks & Cascades Hike, July 26, 200

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(created on 29 July 2008)

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The Tripyramid Peaks & Cascades hike traverses North (4180 ft), Middle (4140 ft), and South Tripyramid (4080 ft) peaks of the Sandwich Range Wilderness in the Waterville Valley of New Hampshire. We started at the Waterville Valley Cascade Path trailhead and headed towards Mt Tripyramid Trail loop to ascend the three peaks. The most challenging segment of this hike was ascending the North Peak. In fact, it appears that segment is one of the most challenging in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Over half of the elevation gain takes place here (1800ft in 1.2mi). Part of this is very steep (1200 ft in 0.5 mi), basically it's pure and fairly steep slab! It's awesome when hiking is combined with some rock climbing! Thanks to Lucas for organizing this hike and thanks to all who came to play: Greg, Ken, Maria, and Rita.

I actually drove up to Waterville Valley on Friday, July 25, 2008, and camped at the Waterville Valley Campground, and also explored the vicinity a bit, that night, and early on Saturday morning. Thus first few photos are not really from the hike.