Sunday’s warmer temps made climbing Giant & Rocky Peak Ridge a joy with Todd. We had the trail to ourselves for most of the day and was even gifted a view here and there! Some epic butt slides on the way down kept things fun and fast. ~8 hours round trip

Wooden trail signs attached to a tree indicate directions: Giant Mt with arrows, and Roaring Brook Trail. Text includes Foot Trail, 1.0 miles, and Giant’s Nubble 0.8 mi. Snowy nighttime forest background. Snow-covered landscape stretches across a serene winter scene with coniferous trees blanketed in snow resting beneath a distant mountain under a misty sky. A person in winter gear hikes uphill through deep snow using snowshoes surrounded by densely packed evergreen trees and leafless branches in a snowy forest setting. A person wearing winter clothing is snowshoeing with poles on a snow-covered path surrounded by snow-dusted evergreen trees under a cloudy, snowy sky. Icicles hang from snow-covered evergreen branches in a wintry forest setting under an overcast sky. A snow-covered mountain peak stands surrounded by evergreen trees under a gray sky lightly dotted with falling snowflakes in a tranquil winter landscape. Two hikers trek up a snowy mountain slope one smiling in the foreground with a blue hooded jacket the other behind using poles surrounded by a foggy winter landscape. A person in warm clothing sits on a snowy slope with snowshoes amidst dense, snow-covered trees in a forest setting. A person stands with snowshoes and poles looking at a snow-covered mountain surrounded by trees wearing a backpack with a patch reading ADK in a snowy alpine environment.