That's a great mountain for the youngsters! In fact, I took my oldest (now 17) up Major for his "first" mountain trip when he was a little guy. The next year, we took the whole crew (6, 5, 5 & barely 1 at the time) up there. The next year, my wife carried the youngest up Chocorua in a backpack. They've all done that one a handful of times now, and we try to pick a new and different mountain every year. I used to do little solo "peak-bagging" trips in the Whites -- hitting 3-5 summits in a two-day period and camping between. I wanted to hit all 40-above-4000 in short order. Alas, kids put those ambitions on hold for a few years. But we've slowly gotten back into it, and the Sandwich Range has been a real treat -- close by, far less traveled than the Whites, and full of all sorts of great wildlife and sweeping views of both the Lake(s) and the Whites.
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