CARDIGAN CHRONICLE VOL. 16, NO. 3
CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, CANAAN, N. H .
MAY, 1967 .
Climbing Mt. Cardigan PHOTO BY EARL ALDRICH
What's it like on Mt.Cardigan in April? From Cardigan Mountain School, eight students set out Thursday afternoon, April 20, with two teachers, Earl Aldrich and Donald Blunt, to find out. Starting from •the Orange Gorge, the climbers found trails averaging in depth a foot and a hallf of snow . They encountered drift,s four feet dee,p . It was a bright day, temperature 40 degrees, and on the summit a 50mile-an-hour wind was bloiwing.
Mr. Aldrich, who took a series of photographs during the tri,p said the group could easily see Mt. Washington, but the wind was so stiff that it was uncomfortable on Cardigan's bald top. The fire,watoher's tower was encased in ice and snow. On the trip were David Aldrich, Mark Fahrner, Ray Richards, Winston Trice, Stuart Beach, John Pagenstecher, Douglas Roberts and Jim Foster. That was Thursday, April 20. The very next day Mr. Aldrich escorted another ·Cardigan group on the same climb. They found the tower nearly bare of ice and snow, the snow somewhat settled on the trail. Spring was coming quiJCkly, at least, on Mt. Cardigan.
Fire watchman's tower atop Cardigan
(1For more pictures of this adventure see pa.ge 3)