Square Ledge

We stayed overnight at Pinkham notch and had wanted to hike either the Wildcat ridge or Mt Moosilauke. However the forecast called for rain and afternoon thunderstorms and as the Presidentials were in the clouds we decided to do a short hike that promised some views and then pray for a miraculous break in the weather. Square Ledge is a ledge that is 500 feet above Pinkham Notch. It is a short but quite steep climb that takes about a half hour. On a clear day you would see the east face of Mt Washington, Tuckerman and Huntington ravines and a couple of the Northern Presidentials.

We hiked up and stayed for about an hour or more and though the clouds lifted a bit we only saw glimpses of Madison and Adams (?) and the lower half of Washington. The white cloud cover was like a whiteboard so Mark and I debated as we pointed at certain cloudy bits and offered our opinions as to what was where. It was a nice spot and worth the trip up. On a clear day this would be a spectacular view.

On our return to the parking lot we met a thru hiker that we had seen previously at Galehead and I was able to donate all my remaining food to his worthy effort!