A late-afternoon climb up Mount Liberty the day after a freak late-May snowstorm — green valleys below, snow-draped peaks above, and the entire Franconia Ridge summit to myself. New England "snowliage" at its most dramatic, by way of the long, steady Liberty Spring Trail.

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9.6-mile loop over Mount Hale (4,057 ft) in the White Mountains — up the Hale Brook Trail, past Zealand Falls Hut, and out through the wetlands and cliffs of Zealand Notch. A far more interesting day than the standard out-and-back.

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