Lockes Hill

Initially, Mt Major was on the cards. However, the day dawned overcast and rainy.. so we put Major on hold for a finer day and headed a little further down the road to Lockes Hill. Another short and sweet hike with some nice views over Lake Winnipesaukee. It just amazes me the vast array of options for exploring in this state. I'm very thankful to have it all at my fingertips!

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Fort Mountain

My friend Beth and I have been enjoying walking around our town and Northwood Meadows often. I finally convinced her to take on the mountains. Having recently been up Fort Mountain with my family, I knew it was completely doable for a hiking newbie. We also made the commitment to ourselves on this hike that striving for a healthier lifestyle was important. Hence the cheesey picture at the end (we called it our "before" shots).

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Fort Mountain

I had read about Fort Mountain as a nice, simple 1 mile up and 1 mile down hike of the access road to a cell tower. After making our way to Epsom, we had trouble locating the exact trailhead. We could see the cell tower, so knew we were in the vicinity. We found what we thought might be the trail and headed off. I started to get skeptical as I watched the tenths of mile click away and the observation that we were not making any real ascent. We went about a mile anyway and decided we were obviously not on the right path so turned around. After looking around a bit once we got back to the car, we finally found the right spot. It really is a road (albeit dirt) and what we had been on was a snowmobile trail. We passed the gate restricting vehicle access, noting that it does encourage hikers and headed up the correct mile to the summit and cell tower. This would be a great place for anyone needing hill repeats as part of their training regime. Well graded, and for the most part very quiet.

 

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