Mt Moosilauke Hike

Mt. Moosilauke is the westernmost of the high peaks of NH's White Mountains.  On a clear day it has vast extensive views unparalleled in this area.  The summit also contains one of the largest Alpine zones of the Whites, second (or actually thirdly) only to that of the Presidentials and Franconia Ridge.  We will be hiking up via the Gorge Brook Trail which starts at the Dartmouth Outing Club's Ravine Lodge.  It is a fairly moderate way to ascend, though let me emphasize that it does involve an ascent of a four thousand footer.  Since some of us have been living in the flatlands a bit too long, I plan to keep a relatively slow to moderate pace.  As they say in Catalan "mica a mica s'omplia la pica"  (little by little the bucket gets filled).  The ascent is about 3 miles long.  I plan to descend using the even easier Carriage Road trail, unless I am persuaded to come back the same way.  This hike is not fun in bad weather, so I will cancel if it's raining.