In the fall, the Pemigewasset River saw very significant flooding, and some of campus was even under water! The river eventually froze but in the spring the ice melted and we saw some pretty significant ice jams along the river, but nothing too dangerous. When I hiked to Secret Beach on Easter, the ice was piled very high along the river bank. We had to climb down a wall of ice to make it to the beach and once we did, the water was freezing. With recent high temperatures, all of the ice from Easter has melted. This left little to no beach area and very cold water, but my friends and I still went to soak up some sun. It always amazes me how fast ice can melt. Here is a picture of Secret Beach on Easter vs this past week:

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