
White Dot Trailhead.

Along the White Dot Trail, the main portal into the trail system, so it was crowded and wide.

Progress along the initial bits of the White Dot Trail.

Junction with the Cascade Link Trail, where I'll be coming from later.

The White Dot Trail heads left and away from the wide trail, now ascending more steeply.

Some light scrambling along the White Dot Trail.

Constructed stone staircase.

Some rocky obstacles along the White Dot Trail.

The White Dot Trail ascends out of the forest onto plots of bedrock which prevent trees from growing.

A view back during one of these sections.

More woods walking for a bit.

And then some Class 2 scrambling begins.

Nice portions of light scrambling.

View back from a bedrock-filled portion of trail.

More fun scrambling up this little low-angle dihedral.

View back down the dihedral.

And just a bit more scrambling before emerging in the higher-elevation terrain with far more sparse trees.

Above the forested portion of the hike, now continuing along bedrock.

It's a really pretty area, low shrubs creeping through cracks in the rock and little trees growing where they can.

The trail is well-marked by blazes and cairns.

Mount Monadnock seen ahead.

Close-up of the peak.

Short sections of forest walking before reemerging onto bedrock once again.



The final steep section below the summit.

View back down at my progress up the steeper bedrock toward the summit.

Mount Monadnock seen just ahead.

Blazes help mark the most efficient way to the peak.

Expansive views (I assume, when the fog isn't so thick).

Approaching the summit, where there's more light scrambling.

View back down at a rock marked with the White Dot and White Cross Trail options. I chose to descend using neither.

A view north, sort of.

I chose to take the Pumpelly Trail, which would take me to the Red Dot Trail.

Along the Pumpelly Trail, which included more gorgeous hiking through the bedrock wonderland.

View back toward Mount Monadnock.

View east along the ridge in the direction I was hiking.

More fun rock features along the trail.

Another shot back toward Mount Monadnock.

Junction with the Red Dot Trail.

Descending the Red Dot Trail through yet more gorgeous landscape.


There were slick sections of rock on the way down.

Back below tree line, I continued along the Red Dot Trail, which was riddled in boulders.

Steep, but not as steep as the White Dot Trail.

The Red Dot Trail felt more lush than the White Dot Trail, and felt more intimate since it was less wide.


Junction with the Cascade Link Trail.

Minor stream crossing along the Cascade Link Trail. I took this trail back to the White Dot Trail and returned to the trailhead.

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