Grand Monadnock via Monte Rosa Hike

TRIP DATE:      April 25, 2015                  

TRIP LOCATION      Grand Monadnock via Monte Rosa   

MEETING TIME: 9:30 AM

    

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS):   15

     
    TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS):    app. 7.5 hrs.

 LENGTH IN MILES:   8.0 mi.

TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 2,500 feet

      

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

 LEADER NAME(S):            Paul Miller, Walt Granda

 CO-LEADER NAME(S):     Barry Young

TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Parked in main parking area near visitor center

CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?:    No                      

WAS TRIP WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST? No

WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE:  Partly sunny, temps in the 50’s, except at the summit, colder and very windy.

OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.)  A few icy snowy parts, but most of the trail was bare.  Leadership decided to extend original planned hike along the Pumpelly Trail to the Cascade Link Trail  to avoid the Red Spot trail due to poor trail conditions on the Red Spot.