TRIP DATE: August
22, 2015
TRIP
LOCATION: Mt. Eisenhower/Mt. Pierce, White Mountains National Forest, NH
MEETING
TIME: 8:30am
NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 4
TOTAL HIKING
TIME (IN HOURS): 7.5 hours
LENGTH IN
MILES: 10.5 miles
TOTAL
ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): 2,780’
DIFFICULTY: B (A=very strenuous;
B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)
LEADER
NAME(S): Maureen Kelly
CO-LEADER
NAME(S): John Pereira
TRAILHEAD
PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: Parking was at the Edmand Path Trailhead off
Mt. Clinton Road. It’s a developed site that can accommodate about a dozen or
so cars. Parking area is just passed the third culvert/bridge (guard rails
used) along Mt. Clinton Road.
CAR SPOTTING
REQUIRED?: No TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS:
WAS TRIP
WITHIN WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST? Yes
BRIEFLY DESCRIBE
SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED: Began hiking along Edmands
Path. In about two hours we began to enter into the alpine zone. At the
junction with Crawford Path we took the trail up to the summit of Mt.
Eisenhower. We spent a few minutes on the summit to enjoy the views and then
headed back down the summit to Crawford Path. At the junction we had lunch at
some rock slabs. Once done, we hiked along Crawford Path to the junction with
Mt. Pierce. After quick hike to the summit of Mt. Pierce, we were heading down
the mountain on Crawford Path. Once we reached the Mt. Clinton Road we walked along
it to the trailhead.
Trail conditions were great! Not many
folks were seen when hiking on Edmands Path and Crawford Path up to Mt. Pierce.
The section of trail between Mt. Pierce and Mt. Clinton Road had a lot of folks
hiking up and down the trail.
WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: Mostly cloudy, mild (in the mid-60’s) and a
very light breeze.
