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Liberty and Flume Backpacking - April 7-8, 2012

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One of Jen's choice of campsite beverage.
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That should do!
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Pa only escorting us to our campsite, and hiked out by himself.
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Kim love backpacking, you can't tell, can you?
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Hitting the trail.
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The suspension bridge.
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Remnant from the old logging campsit on Osseo Trail.
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Osseo Trail.
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Osseo Trail.
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Osseo Trail.
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Osseo Trail.
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Osseo Trail.
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Osseo Trail.
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Osseo Trail.
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Osseo Trail.
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Osseo Trail.
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Osseo Trail.
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Looking at the shoulder of Flume.
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Looking back at the Kanc.
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The view point where you can see the shoulder of Flume.
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It started to flurries just when we reach the ridge.
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At the junction of Franconia Ridge Trail, end of Osseo Trail.
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KIm joining us at the junction.
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We're finally out of the woods!
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The cliff walk toward the summit.
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Franconia Ridge Trail.
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Kim just crossed an exposed section. In the winter this ditch can be unnerving.
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Right here, is the exposed ditch.
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The ditch.
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Pa and other hikers just came out from the woods.
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Pa.
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Jen.
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Toward the summit!
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Liberty and the rest of the Franconia Ridge, the white top is Mt Lafayette.
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Jen and Kim heading toward the summit.
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Liberty from the summit of Flume.
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Lincoln, Lafayett and Garfield from the summit.
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Views of Twin Range from Flume.
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Pa and Kim at the summit.
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Twin Range and the Bonds.
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Looking at the cliff walk that lead to the summit.
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Jen went back to the junction where she thought she might have dropped her sun glasses.
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From the summit of Flume.
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Enormous monorail.
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Liberty from the trail.
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Jen just below the summit of Liberty. With Flume in the background.
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Flume from Liberty.
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Jen and Kim on the summit of Liberty. Lincoln in the distance.
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Lincoln and Garfield. Lafayette is hidden behind Lincoln.
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Looking eastward.
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Leaving the summit of Liberty.
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Cannon on the left.
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Lincoln and Garfield.
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Back into the woods.
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There was a Jen in there somewhere.
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Arh... the jar of Cabin Fever explained it
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Mission accomplished! Pa was leaving us and hiked out alone.
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Dinner. Kim sipping Jeremiah Weed!
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Home for the night.
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Home for the night.
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Our dinning area.
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It was Jen's birthday few days ago, we bought her slices of roll cake from Chinatown. Dessert!
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Other dessert on the menu.
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We're hoping for the sunset, instead we got light snow. we crawled in the tent around 7.
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Day 2. We wake up to thin coat of white everywhere.
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Our frozen beers.
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Still no sign of sun.
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Dusting of snow on the moss.
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See, happy camper!
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Our couch left some interesting texture on the snow. 3 butt prints were pretty obvious too. :)
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Leaving our camp.
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Jen at the junctions.
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Jen longing for miracle to clear the ridge from thick clouds.
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I voted to head down via Liberty Springs Trail.
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Off we went, headed down via Liberty Springs Trail.
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The springs was dripping at the Liberty Springs Campsite.
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A nice open area further in from the springs.
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Crossing the lower brook on Liberty Springs Trail.
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We don't remember the stairs. We've hiked Liberty Springs Trail many times, but recently, were mostly in the winter when the snow covered the nice stairs.
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Liberty Springs Trail, after the junction of Flume Slide trail.
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The detour bushwhack to the bike path.
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We parked at Lafayette Campground parking lot, about 2.7 miles away.
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The Basin.
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The Basin.
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The Basin.
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Light snow started again but thankfully didn't last too long.
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2 miles to our car.
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Nice cascade along the Pemi Trail.
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Nice cascade along the Pemi Trail.
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Emerald pool along the Pemi Trail.
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Emerald pool along the Pemi Trail.
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Pemi Trail.
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Cute ladder Pemi Trail.
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Pemi Trail.
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Back at the Lafayette Camppground parking lot. Are those Lincoln and Little Haystack?
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