TRIP
LOCATION: Mounts Morgan and Percival,
Holderness, NH
MEETING
TIME: 8:45 am
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 8
TOTAL HIKING
TIME (IN HOURS): 5
LENGTH IN
MILES: app. 5.5 miles
TOTAL
ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): app. 1,575
DIFFICULTY: C (moderate) (A=very strenuous; B=strenuous; C=average;
D=easy)
LEADER
NAME(S): Paul Miller, Len Ulbricht,
Anne Duggan
CO-LEADER
NAME(S):
TRAILHEAD
PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Mt.
Morgan trailhead parking area off Rte. 113.
Note: Good thing that we arrived early, since this was prime “leaf-peeping”
season and two local police officers were on hand to make sure any cars that
might overflow from the small Mt. Morgan parking area and the slightly larger
Rattlesnake Mountain parking area across the road did not park on the road.
CAR SPOTTING
REQUIRED?: No
TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS:
WAS TRIP
WITHING WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST? No
BRIEFLY DESCRIBE
SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED: Hiked
Mt. Morgan Trail up to Crawford-Ridgepole to the summit of Mt. Morgan and then
across to summit of Mt. Percival. Then
down the Mt. Percival Trail to the connecting trail that took us back to the
Mt. Morgan Trail just above the trailhead.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: Partly cloudy with temps in the high 50s to low 60s with a
light breeze.
OTHER
COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.) – We appeared to have timed this “Fall
Foliage Hike” just right, since the foliage conditions were near peak in
central NH at this date. Wonderful views
over nearby Squam Lake from both summits, with some views into the Pemi
Wilderness from the summit of Percival.
