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A traverse over Mt. Flume and Mt. Liberty by Anthony & Tim. 10 miles on 8/16/14

Our traverse over Mt. Flue and Mt. Liberty began at the...	The Pemi was up a bit from rain the day before.	Getting ready for our 1.4 mile hike to the Osseo trail.	The Lincoln Woods trail is a long, straight walk in the...	Finally turning onto the Osseo trail. Already hiked 1.4...
The first 2 miles of the Osseo trail are very gradual and...	Anthony taking a break on the trail.	At 2 miles the trail starts to get steep. Lots of rock...	Further up ladders were in place to get over steep...	Some ladders were small.
Some were real long.	They were a big help in getting up the mountain.	Near the top of the ladders is a viewpoint. Someone drew...	We could see the Bonds across the valley. (Bondcliff is...	The rock out cropping left of center is the "owl" of...
Anoter view of the Pemi wilderness.	This chipmunk was looking for a free snack. He wasn't...	A close up of West Bond, Bond and Bondcliff.	The last ladder to the ridge was huge. Felt like climbing...	Finally on the ridge we came across the Flume Slide...
The Flume Slide isn't a very long trail, but it's really...	Getting close to the summit of Mt. Flume. We had to walk...	Across the valley was the summit of Mt. Liberty.	Down below we could see North Woodstock and the Flume...	Along the ridge we came upon the top of the slide. A long...
Panoramic view from Mt. Flume. Mt. Liberty and Mt....	Another view into the valley. Mt. Moosilauke is in the...	Lots of hills rolling down the valley to the south.	Mt. Liberty and Lafayette had their peaks in the clouds.	Anthony on the summit of Mt. Flume.
I managed to get in a summit shot too.	Looking over the trees on the summit we could see Mt....	We could also see the Bonds.	Some placed geocaches on both summits. This one is near...	The summit of Mt. Liberty has great views of the...
We could see all of Owls Head.	And Mt. Flume across the valley.	We also had a better view looking south. The ski area is...	Panoramic picture on the summit of Mt. Liberty. Left is...	The mountain ridges south were spectacular.
It was a busy day on the mountain. Lots of people on both...	Looking North into Franconia Notch between Mt. Cannon and...	Panoramic looking North by Northeast.	Mts. Lincoln, Garfiend and Galehead.	Lots of hikers and dogs kept arriving at the summit.
More panoramics.	An eastward panoramic showing the entire Pemi wilderness.	Mt. Flume and Anthony's drinking hose. In the background...	The rocky summit of Mt. Liberty from the trail.	Our last trail of the day. The steep descent down the...
The trail down the Liberty Springs trail is steep and...	The tentsite is a 10-15 walk down the ridge.	They've been having some bear problems lately.	Looks like they're building a new platform near the...	We finally made it to the bottom of the trail, only to...
At least the last part of the hike is paved. Both of us...

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