We want to thank all of our volunteers, sponsors, hikers, and partners who helped make the first annual Monadnock Madness event such a huge success! All who attended had great fun. Whether meeting new friends, learning about the stunning landscapes of Arabia, Panola, and Stone Mountains, or seeing new vistas, everyone had the opportunity to experience new things and conquer all three local monadnocks in one month!
We will be hosting this event again in 2014 so please join our mailing list see what’s in store! Can’t wait until next year to visit your favorite hiking spots? Check out our events page to see what’s happing right now. Make sure to check out some of the pictures from this year’s Monadnock Madness below and don’t forget to join us in 2014!
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Learning about the rare plants that grow on Stone Mountain
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Starting our hiking adventure
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The trip started out shady and cool
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As we went higher the trees started to thin out
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We reached the top and celebrated togeather
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Time to head to Arabia Mountain
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Some hikes took the “express route”
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Heading up Arabia
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The Diamorpha had just started bursting to life and carpeted the mountain in red
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Just a little higher
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Two monadnocks down, just one more to go!
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A picture perfect day allowed us to see for miles
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A glamor shot of the Diamorpha
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If you look closely you can make out a young hiker on the middle bolder
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You can only hike on Panola Mountain with a guide
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We walked through peaceful forests before we reached the mountain
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Everyone was so proud to reach the top of the last monadnock!
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Down we go
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Some hikers still had energy to play around at the end of the day
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We hiked back out at sunset after a breathtaking day
