Date of Hike: 1/20/17
Old Bridle Path: 2.9 miles / Greenleaf Trail: 1.1 miles / Franconia Ridge Trail: 1.7 miles / Falling Waters Trail: 3.2 miles
Total Miles: 8.9 (4,154 feel elevation gained) A.M.C White Mountain Guide Online
Trip Report:
- Some days you time everything just right! On Friday, I headed to Franconia Notch for a mid morning hike to catch an unbelievable undercast above 4,000 feet. The tops of the mountains looked as if they were islands in a fluffy white sea as far as the eye could see!
- The weather above the clouds felt summer like as there was not a hint of wind until the approaching Little Haystack from Mount Lincoln, perfect Franconia Ridge conditions!
- Even little old Owl's Head was playing peek-a-boo in the middle of the Pemi, and it's ridge finally pushed through the cloud deck and enjoyed the undercast too.
- Not a bad start to the weekend :)
Old Bridle Path: 2.9 miles / Greenleaf Trail: 1.1 miles / Franconia Ridge Trail: 1.7 miles / Falling Waters Trail: 3.2 miles
Total Miles: 8.9 (4,154 feel elevation gained) A.M.C White Mountain Guide Online
Trip Report:
- Some days you time everything just right! On Friday, I headed to Franconia Notch for a mid morning hike to catch an unbelievable undercast above 4,000 feet. The tops of the mountains looked as if they were islands in a fluffy white sea as far as the eye could see!
- The weather above the clouds felt summer like as there was not a hint of wind until the approaching Little Haystack from Mount Lincoln, perfect Franconia Ridge conditions!
- Even little old Owl's Head was playing peek-a-boo in the middle of the Pemi, and it's ridge finally pushed through the cloud deck and enjoyed the undercast too.
- Not a bad start to the weekend :)
Undercast explained from a professionally drawn and scientific sketch
The bright sun shining through the undercast
Breaking through the undercast at Eagle Lake
Looking back at Greenleaf Hut. Cannon Mountain, across the notch engulfed in the undercast
Looking south at Mount Lincoln as the cloud deck settles in at 4,000 feet
Pano, looking across the top of the notch
A sea of clouds, with the Kinsmans and Moosilauke popping up above the undercast
Franconia Notch!
Mount Garfield, Twin, Guyot, and Presidential ranges
Pemi Wilderness, as seen from Mount Lafayette's summit
Twin, Guyot, Willey, and Presi ranges
Classic Franconia Ridge shot
Heading towards Mount Lincoln
The Bonds and Carrigain
The Bonds!
Guyot, Bonds, Carrigain, with Owl's Head trying to rise above!
Mount Lafayette and Garfield
What a day to be up above the clouds!
Twin, Guyot, Willey, and Presi ranges
Mount Lincoln with Moosilauke in the background
Little Haystack with Liberty and Flume
Moosilauke
High noon along the Franconia Ridge
Yay for Owl's Head! It joins in on the undercast fun :)
Mountains in the sea. Liberty and Flume
Carrigain and Hancocks
Kinsmans and Moosilauke
dropping back below the clouds :(
Cloudland Falls
My Dion trail running snowshoes came in handy today below treeline. Without them I would have been post-holing quite a bit!
