White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire (#AT0023)


     The image above is of the view from the Franconia Range into the Pemigewasset Wilderness.  The 700,000-acre White Mountains National Forest was created early in the twentieth century after logging had stripped the trees from much of this range.  Slash left behind after the logging caught fire and huge forest fires caused further destruction including heavy flooding.  The forests have since come back and the land has healed.  Since my college days I have hiked almost every part of this beautiful and rugged national forest and have yet to be disappointed.  


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