Have you done a lot of 4,000 footers and consider the hardest part of hiking the vertical rise on roots and rocks? Try a different type of challenge by hiking through the sharp boulders of Ice Gulch in Randolph, and cool off there on one of these endless hot summer days.
This is a difficult hike.
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