TRIP DATE: January 4, 2014
TRIP
LOCATION: Mt. Monadnock, Jaffrey, NH (White Spot Trail)
MEETING
TIME: 8:45 am
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 13
TOTAL HIKING
TIME (IN HOURS): app. 5 hours
LENGTH IN
MILES: 4 miles
TOTAL
ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): app. 1,800 ft.
DIFFICULTY: B (A=very strenuous;
B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)
LEADER
NAME(S): Walt Granda, Paul Miller,
Maureen Kelly, Mike Woessner
CO-LEADER
NAME(S):
TRAILHEAD
PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Park
headquarters off Poole Rd.
CAR SPOTTING
REQUIRED?: No
WAS TRIP
WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST? No
WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: Very cold
temperatures to start. Minus 4 degrees F. at trailhead, minus 20 degree wind
chill at summit. Mostly clear skies with
moderate wind. Fresh snow on trails.
OTHER
COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.):
Fresh snow on trails required microspikes, but not snowshoes. Full crampons might have worked better on
descent, but microspikes worked out ok.
Excellent views, but windchill prevented spending much time on summit,
which (amazingly) we had all to ourselves.
