White Mountains Hiking History: Trailblazers of the Granite State

Sincethe time of pioneer settlers Abel and Ethan Allen Crawford, explorers andadventurers have been lured by the stunning peaks and lush valleys of NewHampshire’s White Mountains. In the nearly two centuries since the Crawfords constructedtheir first crude footpath onto the heights of Mount Washington and thePresidential Range, the White Mountain trail system has evolved into anintricate network featuring more than 1,400 miles of marked paths. Retrace thesteps of early mountain guides such as Charles Lowe and Allen Old Man Thompson and learn how these early path-makers made New England’s most popularand extensive mountain trail system possible. Longtime northern New Hampshirehiking columnist and guidebook author Mike Dickerman traces the fascinatingstory of this evolution with this new collection of profiles and reflections onthe early trails and trailblazers of the region.