Mount Waumbek

Last weekend of September. This weekend is surprisingly warm. High is 23C (78F) at the end of September! It might be the last warm weekend of the year. The previous weekend's high was 8C (46F), so it is a pleasant surprise! Especially good for a cold sensitive person like me. 

This warm day we went hiking to Mount Waumbek, New Hampshire. 

Distance: 11.5 km (7.13 miles)
Elevation change: 2749 feet
Type: Out and back
Trail: Killkenny ridge trail

Again as usual we left Boston at 4 a.m. in the dark. Then we ate breakfast at the trailhead and started hiking. Surprisingly we found that already full of fall colors arrived. Yellow yellow yellow. It was like a room of yellow curtain and yellow carpet. This was a very lucky day to be able to see autumn colors with warm temperature. Also I am grateful that here in New England it is safe to hike without wildfires. 

Fall colors!

Trail is simple. No junction until the summit and just uphill. This mountain is a little different from other mountains inthe Whites. The density of trees are a bit lower. Because of that the forest is light and sunshine came throughout the forest. The mourning sun light was warm and shined the yellow color more vivid. It was very pretty. Another nice thing was there were many chipmunks in the forest. They occasionally made noise by climbing trees and dropping acorns, etc. That was really pleasant sounds in the forest. One chipmunk I saw funny was that his both cheek pouches were so full and also having an acorn in his mouth. Greedy chipmunk was cute! 

The view from top was not really perfect because it was very hazy, but I enjoyed the napping on the summit area. The small flat area had full of sun and it was so warm!

One more cute stuff was....doggies. We saw more than 7 dogs hiking on this trail. They were huffing and puffing but looked like they were very happy hiking. I had a chance to pet some of them. Cute!