This Monday, President's Day, I did the 9.5 mile Moat traverse. That is, walking the length of Moat Mountain above North Conway. The conditions were varied and challenging in places.
I have always done this traverse north to south, and I continued that tradition, starting at the Diana's Bath parking lot on West Side Road, and finishing at the Moat Trail parking lot on Dugway Road.
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