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Autumn color climbing the Presidential slopes

Fig. 1Autumn color climbing the Presidential slopes

Photo: Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Landform

The highest peaks in the Northeast. Bare alpine ridges, hardwood valleys, and weather as severe as much taller western ranges.

Field note

Mount Washington’s summit is infamous for wind. The valleys — Crawford, Franconia — turn a hard maple red in October. These are worn Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks, not young volcanoes.

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