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Randolph Mountain Club Jeopardy 1. Randolph’s meteorological claim to fame: A. The record, for many years,
for greatest 24 hour snowfall for a non-mountain station in the
contiguous United States 2. You are walking along a RMC path. You come to a bridge. A bench sits off to the side in a pleasant spot. To whom is the bridge dedicated? A. Miriam Sanders 3. This water company served Randolph hill for many years. Its reservoir is next to an RMC path. A. Mount Madison Mineral Springs 4. Finish the series: Ravine House… Mountain View House… A. Spur Cabin 5. The year is 1944. You cross Hubbard Bridge on the Burnbrae Path to take you to Howker Ridge Trail. What trail is at the next junction? A. Fordway 6. This trail once took you to your mail. A. Burnbrae Path 7. A possible dubious claim to fame for the RMC’s “Along the Brink” Path. A. Site of the fall and subsequent
death of E. P. Monahan in 1931 8. Finish the series: Proteus, Erebus and... A. Persephone 9. As an early shelter, at 2,800 feet in Cascade Ravine, it featured separate bunks for men and women as well as a fire. A. Cliff Shelter 10. “Now the question comes; who did the deed? It is not certainly known who did it, yet I am convinced that I myself had a hand, yea, two hands in it.” Who is speaking—and about what? A. J. Rayner Edmands speaking
of a landslide in Cascade Ravine. 11. “No one built more miles of trails in the White Mountains in the 19th century than he ... he is credited with inventing the string method of laying out trails, and was a bold and innovative explorer, delving curiously into the less-traveled ranges.” A. Eugene Beauharnais Cook 12. They’re just bumps along the trail, but on this trail they’re called something else. A. Lowe’s Path 13. “A special buoyancy lit up Randolph in those years. A small group of lively summer residents fused with half a dozen local woodsmen-mountaineers to form a creative alliance for trail work, as well as an atmosphere cracking with physical vitality and uproarious good times.” Name the decade and the hotel that was the focal point for this camaraderie. A. Ravine House, 1880’s 14. I am lower than the Elevated and you might want to take your pack off when you check out the ice in August. What trail am I? A. Ice Cave Loop
1. A. Source: Randolph Paths. 56 inches of snow fell in 24 hours, November 22-23, 1943. 2. C. To quote Randolph Paths, “Named in memory of Phyllis Peek Folsom, descendent of the trail builder W.H. Peek, a lifelong Randolphian, and active member of the RMC.” 3. D. The trail in question is the Carlton Notch Trail. 4. D. Working our way uphill, the Ravine House was located on then Route 2, the Mountain View House was located at the turn on Randolph Hill Road (now the Woods’ residence) and the Mount Crescent House was located atop Randolph Hill. 5. D. The junction with the Moosebank was next and then the Fordway. Courtesy of Louis F. Cutter’s 1944 map, “Randolph Mountain Club Map of Trails to Tama and Mossy Glen”. 6. C. The post office was located at the Wood’s house at the bottom of the Wood Path. The Torrey Path, closed in 1944, also went to the post office. 7. C. Does anyone know of any trails shorter anywhere else in the entire White Mountains? We don't. Along the Brink runs next to the edge of White Cliff, from Cliffway to Ladderback. 8. C. The three falls along the Town Line Brook Trail, off the Pinkham B Road. 9. D. The description comes from the 1917 AMC Guide to the Paths in the White Mountains and Adjacent Regions. 10. D. The quote comes from the book, Mountain Summers: Tales of Hiking and Exploration in the White Mountains from 1878 to 1886 as Seen Through the Eyes of Women, page 248. To finish the quote, “I feel that I can safely trust the confession to you—that you will not betray me nor my accomplices—however you may share Mr. Lowe’s indignation against us. We did not go to do it, and we are very sorry if we did it. I, for one, intend never to abet the making of a fire upon the scurf, even in a pouring rain, without grave cause.” 11. A. Eugene Cook. Source: Forest and Crag, page 225 12. D. The Howks of the Howker Ridge Trail. 13. A. The quote is from Forest and Crag, page 223. 14. D. The Subway in King Ravine. Ice Cave Loop has ice, but is higher.
0-5 correct: Pasture Path Division. It’s time to hang up your Limmers for a few weeks and hit the books! 5-10 correct: Mount Crescent Division. Good job, but perhaps you need to get out on a few more RMC hikes? 11-14 correct: Mount Adams Atherian
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