January 26th, 2018

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Good morning,                                                     9:50AM


It’s currently 30 degrees and clear up top. Yesterday’s high was 30 degrees, with an overnight low of 14 degrees.

The trails have remained mostly ice free. I would still recommend some ice traction for the upper sections of Alum Cave Trail.

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The mountain was remarkably still. Walking to sunrise, I couldn’t remember feeling a calmer morning up top. I sat along Apollo Overlook with a hot cup of ginger tea. Sipping the hot beverage, I watched the sky show it’s true colors. The sky was a creamy peach hue with tinges of purple throughout. The colors slipped across the sky - I relished the scene. I walked back toward the lodge…

feeling as relaxed and calm as the landscape around me.

Onward,
Seth

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Away, away, from men and towns,
To the wildwood and the doons --
To the silent wilderness.

— Percy Bysshe Shelly