Date of Hike: 11/8/16
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:
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 - Election Day! Did you get out and vote? I hope you did and then I hope you did something productive, as in doing the complete opposite of sitting down in front of the TV and watching cable news!
- Luckily for Whitney and I the weather in the White Mountains was summeresque, with temperatures above treeline in the low 50's and no wind! There was some gnarly ice to deal with for a half mile descending Falling Waters Trail from the summit of Little Haystack where our microspikes came in handy, but outside of that it was a perfect day up on the Franconia Ridge :)
***For new hikers to the White Mountains, this is one of the most popular and beautiful loop hikes in the northeast. The trails are easy to follow with decent footing for the most part, and other than a few short steep sections, the grades a relatively moderate. However, this time of year the weather is usally unpredicatble, cold, and very windy above treeline. Expect snow and ice along much of this route between November and early May.
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:
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 - Election Day! Did you get out and vote? I hope you did and then I hope you did something productive, as in doing the complete opposite of sitting down in front of the TV and watching cable news!
- Luckily for Whitney and I the weather in the White Mountains was summeresque, with temperatures above treeline in the low 50's and no wind! There was some gnarly ice to deal with for a half mile descending Falling Waters Trail from the summit of Little Haystack where our microspikes came in handy, but outside of that it was a perfect day up on the Franconia Ridge :)
***For new hikers to the White Mountains, this is one of the most popular and beautiful loop hikes in the northeast. The trails are easy to follow with decent footing for the most part, and other than a few short steep sections, the grades a relatively moderate. However, this time of year the weather is usally unpredicatble, cold, and very windy above treeline. Expect snow and ice along much of this route between November and early May.
Whitney makes her way up a steep section along Agony Ridge
Agony Ridge up to Franconia Ridge as seen from one of Old Bridle Path's outlooks
Greenleaf Hut and Mount Lafayette
Eagle Lake and Mount Lafayette
Some ice in the shady spots just before reaching treeline
Cannon Mountain and Echo Lake from the Greenleaf Trail
Beautiful day up above treeline! Kinsman Ridge in view across the notch
The Mount Lafayette spring is closed until late April!
The sun was shining brightly above us all afternoon
This little hundred foot steep stretch can be intimidating and dicey in the middle of winter when a steep snow field forms but today it was easy going
Making our way to the summit
Pemigewasset Wilderness
Looking across the Pemi at Guyot and the Bonds
Classic Franconia Ridge picture
Pano of Franconia Ridge, the notch, and Kinsman Ridge
Looking north towards the Presidential Range
Dogs on Lafayette!
Pemi Wilderness
Heading to Lil' Haystack with Liberty and Flume off in the distance
Pano of Mount Lincoln and the north end of the notch
Cannon and the Kinsmans
Mount Lincoln
Icy descent down Falling Waters Trail
Shining Rock
Cloudland Falls
Stairs Falls
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