mount chocorua

Yesterday was a beautiful fall day to venture out in the woods. We started at 730 and very few people on the trail. Began by

Super nice hike- not very hard until the end where you need to scramble up some rocks.  My fear of heights kicked in a bit.

Having done this hike a couple years ago, I decided to wait until the fall do repeat this hike foe the SH challenge, and boy

Hike was great until the summit cone. That was scary as hell.

Started up the Chapney Brooks trailhead. First two miles were fairly easy. Towards the top the rocks were more slick with water. Once above the

I started with Hammond trailhead @ 6:30am with final Summit approach with West Side Trail – Out and Back. It took me exact 6 hours