Mount Eisenhower from Crawford Path (A.T.)
Mount Eisenhower (AKA Pleasant Dome) is a bald summit with a large cairn on top with magnificent 360 degree views. The Mount Eisenhower Loop Trail crosses the summit and can be reached via three trail the Edmands Path, Crawford Path, Mount Eisenhower Trail. the Edmands Path being the easiest and shortest, the Crawford Path a little longer and more exposed, and the longest is the Eisenhower Trail deep in the Dry River Wilderness. Approaches above treeline on the Crawford Path and Eisenhower Loop trail can be dangerous in bad weather, high wind, and low visibility.
Trails I've Hiked
-Edmands Path / Eisenhower Loop: 3.3 miles, 2,750 feet. The Edmands Path trailhead is located on the Mount Clinton Road between Route 302 and Base Road. The trail has easy to moderate grades with ok to rougher footing higher up. The trail is well protected from the weather until the last section just below the Crawford Path. The Eisenhower Loop Trail has moderate grades but is exposed to the full force of weather and the wind.
-Crawford Path / Eisenhower Loop: 4.7 miles, 3,100 feet. The Crawford Path has easy to moderate grades with very good footing until treeline where the trail becomes rockier and exposed to the weather for the the 1.2 miles to the Eisenhower Loop.
-Dry River Trail / Mount Eisenhower Trail / Crawford Path / Eisenhower Loop: 8.5 miles, 3,840 feet. The Dry River and Mount Eisenhower Trail have easy to moderate grades but have very awful footing and views are limited until the final tenth of a mile to Crawford Path. The trails can be difficult to follow and are very lightly used. A perfect hike to escape hikers in the woods for several miles!
Trip Reports:
January 14, 2017: Up Crawford Path, up and down Mount Eisenhower Loop, across Crawford Path and Webster-Cliff Trail, down Webster-Jackson Trail
November 19th, 2016: Presidentail Range Traverse (north to south)
January 14, 2017: Up Crawford Path, up and down Mount Eisenhower Loop, across Crawford Path and Webster-Cliff Trail, down Webster-Jackson Trail
November 19th, 2016: Presidentail Range Traverse (north to south)
July 16th, 2016: Up Crawford Path, Mizpah Cutoff, down Mount Clinton Trail, Dry River Cutoff, Mount Eisenhower, and Dry River Trail, up Isolation West Trail, up Davis Path, down Camel, Crawford Path, and Eisenhower Loop Trail
June 18th, 2016: Presi vs. Great Range one day challenge
June 16th, 2016: Presidential Range Traverse, North to South (No Report)
January 24th, 2016: Up and down Crawford Path, Eisenhower Loop Trails
September 26th, 2015: Presidential Range Traverse, North to South (Run)
September 5th, 2015: Up Dry River, Mount Clinton, and Webster-Cliff Trail, across Crawford Path, up and down Eisenhower Loop, down Mount Eisenhower Trail, out via Dry River Trail
February 27th, 2015: Up Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail, up Monroe Loop Trail, up Crawford Path, across Gulfside Trail, up and down Jefferson Loop Trail, across Gulfside and Westside Trail, down Crawford Path, up and down Eisenhower Loop Trail, across Crawford Path and Webster Cliff Trail, down Webster-Jackson Trail, Route 302, Mount Clinton Road, and Base Station Road walks
December 15th, 2014: Presidential Range Traverse, North to South
November 29th, 2014: Up and down Crawford Path, Eisenhower Loop Trails
October 11th, 2014: Up Dry River Trail, southbound along the Crawford Path, Monroe Loop and Eisenhower Loop Trail, down Webster Cliff and Mount Clinton Trail, out via Dry River Trail
June 15th, 2014: Presidential Range Traverse, North to South
April 12th, 2014: Up Crawford path, down Cog Tracks
October 12th, 2013: Presidential Range Traverse
July 21st, 2013: Double Presidential Range Traverse
June 16th, 2013: Jefferson through Webster Loop
March 9th, 2013: Presidential Range Traverse
December 26th, 2012: Up and down Crawford Path, Mount Eisenhower Trail, Webster-Cliff Trail
May 20th, 2012: Double Presidential Traverse
May 6th, 2012: Jefferson through Jackson Loop
January 22nd, 2012: Up Ammonoosuc Ravine, Monroe Loop, across Crawford Path, up and down Eisenhower Loop Trails
June 27th, 2011: Double Presidential Traverse
February 23rd, 2011: Up and down Crawford Path and Mount Eisenhower Loop Trail
November 7th, 2010: Up Edmands Path, across Crawford Path and Webster Cliff Trail, down Webster-Jackson Trail
June 19th, 2010: Presidential Traverse (North to South)
June 13th, 2010: Up Dry River and Mount Eisenhower Trail to Crawford Path, up and down Mount Eisenhower Loop Trail, across Crawford Path, up and down Webster Cliff Trail
April 24th, 2010: Up Crawford Path down Cog Railroad
August 8th, 2009: Presidential Travers (South to North)
June 28th, 2008: Presidential Traverse (North to South)
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