object seen hiking

TomC · 07-04-2012, 07:47 AM

Yesterday I hiked up Mt Lafayette, then along the ridge trail to Little Haystack, before hiking back down. Along the way, i saw a half-dozen of these things along the trail (off to the side):

Any idea what the purpose of these are? They are about 18" square with a plexiglas pane. Perhaps a windbreak for sensitive vegetation? Never saw anything like them before and i would think that those who manage the ecology would leave nature to take its course in the national/state forest.

fatlazyless · 07-04-2012, 11:06 AM

....simple.....those are support poles for the tennis nets high up on the new, all-season Mt Lafayette tennis courts....high up on the mountain.....Serena will be there next week soon after she wins her Wimbledom for the 5th time!

jmen24 · 07-05-2012, 07:58 AM

It is a wind shielding experiment being performed by a group with Dartmouth College. It was reported in late June by 1HappyHiker (it is a NH hikers blogspot page) that ran into the team conducting the experiment.

bclaker · 07-05-2012, 12:23 PM

This is what my son found out, also:
"It's part of a PhD research for Dartmouth grad student. I got a partial apparently she is trying to study the effects of shielding (presumably from the wind) on diapensia. Alpine bilberry is also involved, but all the panels were set up in paches of diapensia."

ITD · 07-05-2012, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by bclaker

This is what my son found out, also:
"It's part of a PhD research for Dartmouth grad student. I got a partial apparently she is trying to study the effects of shielding (presumably from the wind) on diapensia. Alpine bilberry is also involved, but all the panels were set up in paches of diapensia."

Ah, there we go, our tax dollars at work!!

TomC · 07-05-2012, 06:09 PM

I guess i am curious by nature!

NoBozo · 07-05-2012, 07:18 PM

It looks like a AlpineTeleprompter..

NB

SIKSUKR · 07-06-2012, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by NoBozo

It looks like a AlpineTeleprompter..

NB

Ha ha!Is Obama giving a speach on top of Lafayette?

07-04-2012, 07:47 AM	#1
TomC Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 547 Thanks: 9 Thanked 29 Times in 20 Posts	object seen hiking Yesterday I hiked up Mt Lafayette, then along the ridge trail to Little Haystack, before hiking back down. Along the way, i saw a half-dozen of these things along the trail (off to the side): Any idea what the purpose of these are? They are about 18" square with a plexiglas pane. Perhaps a windbreak for sensitive vegetation? Never saw anything like them before and i would think that those who manage the ecology would leave nature to take its course in the national/state forest.

07-04-2012, 11:06 AM	#2
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,526 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 295 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	....simple.....those are support poles for the tennis nets high up on the new, all-season Mt Lafayette tennis courts....high up on the mountain.....Serena will be there next week soon after she wins her Wimbledom for the 5th time! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

07-05-2012, 06:09 PM	#6
TomC Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 547 Thanks: 9 Thanked 29 Times in 20 Posts	Thanks for the info I guess i am curious by nature!

07-05-2012, 07:58 AM	#3
jmen24 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,139 Thanks: 223 Thanked 319 Times in 181 Posts	It is a wind shielding experiment being performed by a group with Dartmouth College. It was reported in late June by 1HappyHiker (it is a NH hikers blogspot page) that ran into the team conducting the experiment.

07-05-2012, 12:23 PM	#4
bclaker Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Laconia Posts: 479 Thanks: 545 Thanked 147 Times in 66 Posts	This is what my son found out, also: "It's part of a PhD research for Dartmouth grad student. I got a partial apparently she is trying to study the effects of shielding (presumably from the wind) on diapensia. Alpine bilberry is also involved, but all the panels were set up in paches of diapensia."

07-05-2012, 07:18 PM	#7
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	It looks like a AlpineTeleprompter.. NB