Mount Garfield and Mount Lafayette

Date of Hike: 6/16/14

Skookumchuck: 4.3 miles  /  Garfield Ridge: 6.6 miles  /  Greenleaf Trail: 3.8 miles
Total Miles: 14.7 miles (5,900 feet elevation gained)

Trip Report:
- Denise invited me to go on a hike with her and her friend Marc.  We had a big day, basically doing an out and back of Lafayette and Garfield.  Not too many hikers would take on this challenging route, considered to be a sufferfest because of the Garfield Ridge Trail part.  However, we had incredible weather and took our time and enjoyed every second of the hike.  We were even joined in by Kyle for the last part of the hike, he met up with us at Greenleaf Hut.



 Skookumchuck Trailhead Kiosk

 Skookumchuck Brook

 It was a wet spring = lush green forest!

 Gaining the ridge

 Mount Garfield

 Cedar Brook Hancock Slide

 Bondcliff

 Franconia Ridge

 Mount Lafayette

 Mount Truman and Lincoln

 Mount Liberty and Flume

 Owl's Head

 Marc and Denise

 Pemi Wilderness as seen from Mount Garfield

 Galehead Hut

 Franconia Ridge

 Bondcliff

 Owl's Head

 Osceola

 Galehead and South Twin

 Alpine Zone!

 Garfield Cliffs

 Mount Garfield

 Garfield Ridge Trail

 Dogs on Lafayette

 Mount Lafayette

 North Lafayette

 Eagle Lake and Greenleaf Hut

 Lonesome Lake

 North and South Kinsman

 Garfield Ridge Trail

 Bondcliff

 Hiking along the Garfield Ridge Trail

 Cairn!

 Ski Cannon!

 Greenleaf Trail

 Woof Woof!

 Eagle Lake and Mount Lafayette

 North Lafayette

 Kyle!



 Route for the day, click here for details