12-29-18 Parsons-Crawford Path

Looking west toward the Dartmouth Range in the morning sun from the Crawford Path, near the summit of Mount Pierce. (ED PARSONS PHOTO)

Some winter day hikes easily deserve to be written about every year. The 6.4-mile round-trip hike on the Crawford Path to the summit of Mount Pierce (4,312 feet) is one. It has some special qualities that attract veteran hikers back again and again. For beginners, it is a gentle first winter hike to a Presidential peak.

The gradual Crawford Path — the oldest continuously maintained footpath in the country — is a steady and gentle climb.

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