Trailspotting.com · @trailspotting
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Hiking Monadnock Mountain in New Hampshire is a joy at all times of year. Our article compares and maps five different ways up the mountain: trailspotting.com/2022/03/moun
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Chris White · @Ceedave
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Shape of a sheep or shape of a wig?
Roches moutonnées are glacially scoured rocky hills with planed-off slopes “up glacier”, and steeper “plucked” sides “down glacier” as the ice sucks chunks of rock up. The etymology is obscure:
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(Atlantic article).

Many south to southeast slopes in New England are steeper than northwest slopes, e.g., Mount Monadnock in south central New Hampshire, USA.

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Chris White · @Ceedave
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Pleistocene glacial striations on Devonian and Neoproterozoic rock in New England. Savin Hill, Middlesex Fells, and Mt Monadnock. See captions for details.

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Rebecca M. Townsend · @RMTownsend
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Thinking of hiking Mount Monadnock? Skip the super busy White Dot trail, and try the quieter routes instead! We have trail reviews and free maps to download. | trailspotting.com/2022/03/moun |

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