The White Mountains in New Hampshire is a favorite stomping ground of mine. There are many ponds, lakes, streams and river that undulate and follow the unforgiving granite bedrock.
The geology is shaped by magma intrusions and were worn and shaped by the tortuous grinding of glaciers in the last ice age. The river and streams flow over rocky beds of broken boulders and tumble downward over cascades and waterfalls.
In early fall, the Waterville Valley cascades trail follows the Cascade Brook as it tumbles down the slopes of the mountain adjacent to the ski area
Where the ground is steep, Cascade Brook becomes a veritable waterfall.
Winters hard grasp decorates Champney Falls with frills of ice in a snowy landscape
The east branch of the Pemigewasset river provides flows from the midst of the white mountains, joining with the Pemigewasset which joins with the Winnipesaukee River and finally on the sea via the Merrimack River.
Numerous small brooks feed into the main flow
