Is it worth driving almost 140 miles to climb a 0.8-mile trail to the summit of a mountain with good views? In this case, yes. A few years ago, I traveled north with friend Carl to climb Mount Magalloway (3,383 feet), located in the green northern tip of New Hampshire in the town of Pittsburg.
We weren’t doing the 52 With a View list, which includes Mount Magalloway and motivates many hikers to climb it today. We just wanted the pleasure of doing it.
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