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    Avoiding crowds on Hurricane

    Dec 26, 2020 3 minutes
    By Phil Brown

    I don’t need to heap up superlatives for the views from Hurricane Mountain. Breathtaking, spectacular, magnificent, etc. You’ve heard them all before. And you’ve seen the photos. Hell, you’ve probably been there.

    With the views, of course, come crowds. On a summer weekend, good luck finding a parking place near the trailheads on Route 9N and at Crow Clearing. Even in winter, these trails are usually packed down.

    Nevertheless, it is possible to summit Hurricane and not

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