Date of hike: 9/30/06
Old Bridal Path: 2.9 miles
Greenleaf Trail: 1.1 miles
Franconia Ridge Trail: 1.7 miles
Falling Waters Trail: 3.0 miles
Total Miles: 8.7 (3,900 elevation gain)
Trip Report:
- Hiked with my college buddy Brandon Blindt and his friend Dan B.
- Clear day, no wind, temps 45-65 degrees
- Frost on rocks past Greenleaf Hut to summit, rime ice on trail signs and on the a few rocks before the sun melted it away
- Glider plane kept flying above ridge and into the valley
- Foliage was about a week from peaking
Pictures:
Greenleaf Trail: 1.1 miles
Franconia Ridge Trail: 1.7 miles
Falling Waters Trail: 3.0 miles
Total Miles: 8.7 (3,900 elevation gain)
Trip Report:
- Hiked with my college buddy Brandon Blindt and his friend Dan B.
- Clear day, no wind, temps 45-65 degrees
- Frost on rocks past Greenleaf Hut to summit, rime ice on trail signs and on the a few rocks before the sun melted it away
- Glider plane kept flying above ridge and into the valley
- Foliage was about a week from peaking
Pictures:
Eagle Lake and Mount Lafayette
Greenleaf Hut and Mount Lafayette
View into the Pemi Wilderness. Garfield at the far left, with Galehead and the Twins in the middle, and Guyot on the right
Blindt and myself on Mount Lafayette
Looking down at the end of Franconia Notch to the lower ski slopes of Cannon Mountain
Glider plane making a pass over Agony Ridge
Mount Lincoln as seen from Little Haystack
Classic Franconia Ridge Shot
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