RMC Newsletter - Winter 2003-2004

Randolph Mountain Club Jeopardy
By Jack Stewart
For answers, see below.

1. The number of Randolph Mountain Club trails intersected by the Appalachian Trail in the Northern Presidentials is:

A. None
B. Three
C. Five
D. Eight

2. Which Randolph Mountain Club trail crosses a region burned over in Randolph's most significant forest fire of the 20th Century?

A. King Ravine Trail
B. Kelton Trail
C. Four Soldiers Path
D. Howker Ridge Trail

3. Under normal conditions of stream flow, over which waterfall does the greatest volume of water pass per minute?

A. Peboamauk Fall
B. Tama Fall
C. Coldbrook Fall
D. Hitchcock Fall

4. Which Randolph Mountain Club Trail has the greatest net difference in elevation above sea level between its termini?

A. Israel Ridge Path
B. Howker Ridge Trail
C. King Ravine Trail
D. Lowe's Path

5. Which Randolph Mountain Club camp or cabin site was the first to have an artificial shelter built on it?

A. The Perch
B. Gray Knob
C. Crag Camp
D. The Log Cabin

6. What is the ranking of the Randolph Mountain Club among trail-maintaining organizations in the White Mountains in total mileage of trails maintained?

A. Third
B. Second
C. Fifth
D. Fourth

Answers to RMC Jeopardy

1. D. Howker Ridge Trail, Watson Path, Lowe's Path, Great Gully Trail, Israel Ridge Path, Randolph Path, Edmands Col Cutoff, and Cornice (8).

2. B. Kelton Trail, east and south of Dome Rock in the area burned by the Gordon Ridge Fire of 1921.

3. C. Coldbrook has a larger flow than Moose Brook, Snyder Brook, or Bumpus Brook.

4. D. Lowe's Path starts at 1400 ft. (Lowe's Store) and ends at summit of Mt. Adams (5800 ft.), a climb of 4400 feet.

5. D. Log Cabin site (before 1890). Perch (1892), Gray Knob (1906), Crag Camp (1909) [Randolph Paths].

6. A. WMNF is first, AMC second, RMC third. [AMC Guides].