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How to Read a Topographic Map

Whenever you go hiking it’s important to bring a map with you.  Ideally, this will be a topographic map, which is the kind with the squiggly lines on it. Called contour lines, they can tell you whether you’ll be hiking uphill, downhill, or over flat land. Learning how to read contour lines is an important skill to learn if you …

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Beginner Car Camping Trip – Lessons Learned

LL Bean Woodlands Screen House at Dolly Copp Campground

My partner and I have discovered a passion for car camping in the past year and took a five-night trip a few weeks back to the Dolly Copp Campground in Pinkham Notch, which is located directly below Mt Madison near Mt Washington. You really can’t get a better location than that: a short stroll to swimming in the Peabody River, …

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Has Leave No Trace Failed?

The Crying Indian: Keep America Beautiful

Click for Video of the Crying Indian: Keep America Beautiful I hate to say it, but I have a nagging feeling that the entire Leave No Trace movement is dead. DOA. No one except the Boy Scouts of America seems to teach it anymore and the only mention you ever see of Leave Not Trace is when the LNT principles …

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Pond of Safety Backpack

The Pond of Safety

If you want to get away from the crowds of touristsĀ inĀ the White Mountains or the thundering hordes of smoke-belching Harleys that tour the region’s scenic byways in summer, New Hampshire’s North Country is the place to go. Located North of Rt 2, there are many excellent hiking, backpacking, camping, and fishing opportunities just a stones throw from Gorham, Jefferson, or …

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