Peaks: Lafayette, Lincoln, CannonTrails: Old Bridle Path, Franconia Ridge Trail, Hi Cannon, KRTMileage: 13.95Elevation Gain: 6,260′Weather: 38(F), Plenty of wind on Franconia Ridge Trail, 77% humidity, overcast with decent visibilityGround Conditions: I used spikes all day and had very few issues aside from one full blown banana peel moment. There is still plenty of snow …
Peaks: Monroe, WashingtonTrails: Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail, Mt Monroe Loop, Crawford Path, Gulfside Trail, Mt Clay Loop, Jewell TrailMileage: 11.65Elevation Gain: 4,798′Weather: 28(F) at the trail head, 51% humidity, low winds and rising temps over time. Spectacular visibility! Ground Conditions: Ammonoosuc was easy to follow and we used snowshoes to televate up the trail all the …
Peak: Eisenhower, Pierce, JacksonTrails: Crawford Path, Eisenhower Loop, Webster Cliff Trail, Webster Jackson TrailMileage: 11.57Elevation Gain: 3,990′Weather: 21(F) at the trail head, 74% humidity, low winds and rising temps over time. Near optimal visibility!Ground Conditions: The Crawford path was well packed out and frozen on the ascent this morning. Trail remained easy to follow and …
Peak: PassaconwayTrails: Dicey’s Mill Trail, A few steps of Walden to the overlookMileage: 9.3Elevation Gain: 2,991′Weather: 42(F) felt like 35(F), 66% humidity, breezy with 12mph winds. After walking over from the Dicey’s overlook to the vista over on Walden there was much less wind.Ground Conditions: Soft snow, wore snowshoes all day. Softer snow at the …
Peak: Flume, LibertyTrails: Lincoln Woods, Osseo, Franconia Ridge Mileage: 16.4Elevation Gain: 5,147′Weather: 26(F), 70% humidity, Felt like low twenties or high teens in the wind at the summits. Ground Conditions: Found the trail very easy to follow and kept it simple and wore snowshoes off of LWT. A couple easy to navigate blowdowns throughout the …
Peak: East Osceola, OsceolaTrails: Greely Pond Ski Trail, Mt Osceola TrailMileage: 7.63Elevation Gain: 3,265′Weather: Good visibility, 7(F), feels like -8(F), 81% humidity, 10MPH Winds.Ground Conditions: The ski trail was well packed down up to the junction. After we turned and started climbing up the Mount Osceola Trail, the trail was still mostly in great shape …
Peak: BondcliffTrails: Lincoln Woods Trail, Bondcliff TrailMileage: 18.3Elevation Gain: 3,136′Weather: Clear skies, low wind with breezes about 8mph, 14(F) feels like single digits. The summit of Bondcliff was mostly windless for me fortunately.Ground Conditions: LWT was essentially a flat icy highway, looked like plenty of skiers were out there logging a few miles today and …
Peak: Flume, Liberty, Lincoln, Lafayette, Garfield, Galehead, South Twin, Bond, BondcliffTrails: Osseo, Franconia Ridge, Garfield Ridge, Twinway, Bondcliff, LWTMileage: 30ishElevation Gain: 9,757′Weather: We had a wonderful morning out until we got to about south Twin. The rest of the day was cloudy, misty, raw, viewless, etc.Notes: After a few hikes out in the Southwest US …
Peaks: Bondcliff, Bond, West BondTrails: Lincoln Woods Trail, Bondcliff Trail, West Bond SpurMileage: 23 (Over 2 days)Elevation Gain: 4,750′Weather: Great visibility, warm & breezy.Ground Conditions: Plenty of ice & snow across the upper portions of the bondcliff trail & west bond spur. We wore microspikes both days. Notes: Originally we set out on this trip …
Peak: Kinsman North, Kinsman South, Bald Trails: Mt. Kinsman Trail, Bald Peak Spur, Kinsman Pond Trail, Cascade Brook Trail, Basin Cascades TrailMileage: 10.77Elevation Gain: 3,992′Weather: Partly cloudy, 15(F), light breeze, humidity 69%.Ground Conditions: In general, most of the people we saw today were wearing snowshoes. After leaving trailhead, it was a straight forward climb up …