Mount Garfield from North Twin
Mount Garfield is located on the Garfield Ridge trail and connects the mountains of the Franconia Ridge to the Twin Mountain range. The summit is bare and has spectacular views down into the Pemigewasset Wilderness especially and a close up view of Owl's Head Mountain. There is an old foundation on the summit from a fire cabin that was taken down a long time ago and it comes in very handy when the wind is blowing fast!
Trails I've Hiked
Garfield Trail: 5.0 miles, elevation gain of 3,000 feet. The Garfield Trail is located on the Gale River Loop Road off Route 3 in the Twin Mountain area. The trail has easy to moderate grades and good footing and is in the woods the whole way.
Garfield Ridge Trail: 3.1 miles, elevation gain 1,400 feet (From Galehead Hut)...3.5 miles, elevation gain of 1,000 feet (From Mount Lafayette). The Garfield Ridge trail on paper may not seem to daunting but with it's rough footing and many annoying up and downs (I've lost count) it makes for a very tiring hike. From Galehead Hut to within a mile of Mount Lafayette summit it is below treeline and has almost no views just one minor elevation gain and loss after another...I refer to this trail as "The Dreaded Garfield Ridge Trail". The steepest part of the trail is a .8 mile section just north of Mount Garfield summit to the Franconia Brook Trail Junction that usually has some wet rocky slippery sections. The Garfield Ridge Campsite is located a couple of hundred yards off the trail .4 miles north of the summit of Mount Garfield.
Trip Reports:
March 19th, 2016: Up and down Garfield Trail and Garfield Ridge Trail
February 10th, 2016: Up and down Garfield Trail and Garfield Ridge Trail
November 3rd, 2015: Up Garfield Trail, across Garfield Ridge Trail, up and down Frost Trail, up and down Twinway and North Twin Spur Trail, down Garfield Ridge and Gale River Trail, Gale River Road back to car
July 3rd, 2015: Hut to Hut Traverse Run
December 30th, 2014: Across Gale River Road, up Garfield Trail, across Garfield Ridge Trail, up and down Frost Trail, down Gale River Trail, and out Gale River Road
July 12th, 2014: A.M.C. White Mountain Hut Traverse
June 22nd, 2014: Pemi Loop (Clockwise)
June 16th, 2014: Up Skookumchuck, across Grafield Ridge, down Greenleaf Trail
January 20th, 2014: Up and down Garfield Trail and Garfield Ridge Trail
September 28th, 2013: Up Old Bridle Path and Greenleaf Trail, across Franconia Ridge Trail, down Lincoln Slide Bushwhack, across Lincoln Brook Trail, up and down Owl's Head Path, across Lincoln Brook Trail, up Franconia Brook Trail and Garfield Ridge Trail, across Franconia Ridge Trail, down Falling Waters Trail
September 1st, 2013: Up Gale River, Hawthorne Falls, Garfield Ridge Trails, down Garfield Trail, ski mobile trails, Gale River Loop Rouad
July 6th, 2013: Pemi Loop (Clockwise)
June 2nd, 2013: Up and down Garfield Trail and Garfield Ridge Trail
December 28th, 2012: Up and down Route 302, Gale River Loop Road, Mount Garfield Trail, and Garfield Ridge Trail
July 8th, 2012: Pemi Loop (Counter Clockwise)
June 16th, 2012: 24 Hour Hut to Hut Traverse
May 12th, 2012: Pemi Loop (Clockwise)
April 29th, 2012: Up Garfield Trail, across Garfield Ridge Trail, up and down Frost Trail, up and down Twinway and North Twin Spur Trail, down Garfield Ridge and Gale River Trail, Gale River Road back to car
August 12th & 13th, 2011: 24 Hour Hut to Hut Traverse (Attempt)
July 2nd, 2011: Pemi Loop (Clockwise)
May 30th, 2011: Lincoln Woods and Franconia Brook Trails to Garfield Ridge, across Garfield and Franconia Ridge Trails, down Osseo Trail and out Lincoln Woods Trail.
January 30th, 2011: Gale River Road, up Garfield Trail, across Garfield Ridge Trail, up and down Frost Trail, Up and down Twinway and North Twin Spur, down Gale River Road, Gale River Road to "Five Corners"
May 29th, 2010: Pemi Loop (Clockwise)
October 26th, 2009: Up Garfield Trail, across Garfield Ridge Trail, up Twinway, down Gale River Trail
June 13th, 2009: Two Day Pemigeweasset Traverse (Counter Clockwise)
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