White Mountains Presidential's Hut Hike

TRIP DATE:      August 25 - 27, 2014                          

TRIP LOCATION: White Mountains - Presidentials Hut Hike             

MEETING TIME: 8:45 am                   

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 13       

TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):  ~18 hrs.

LENGTH IN MILES:      16.5 mi.

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET):    ~4344 ft.

DIFFICULTY:    A/B                               (A=very strenuous; B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)

LEADER NAME(S):       Leslie Carson, Maureen Kelly

CO-LEADER NAME(S):

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION:    Cog Railway lower parking lot

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:   Y                     TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS: 1 hr. Sunday pm

WAS TRIP WITHIN WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST?              Y

BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED:

We hiked up the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail to Lakes of the Clouds hut. We got our gear squared away then hike up Mt. Monroe. The next day, we left after breakfast and hiked the Crawford Path to Mt. Washington summit then hiked the Gulfside Trail to Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Adams. From there we hiked to Madison hut. On day three, after breakfast and packing up, we hiked Mt. Madison then hiked out the Airline Trail to the Appalachia parking lot where we had spotted two vehicles. The trails were dry.

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: The weather couldn’t have been better! Beautiful sunny days with fabulous views of the surrounding mountains and valleys.

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.)

Great trip! Everyone seemed to enjoy the trip and many summited several 4K footers for the first time.