Ascent of Mount Madison on 2010-08-20| Others in Party: | Fred
Sharon
Will and Rene | | Date: | Friday, August 20, 2010 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Mount Madison | | Location: | USA-New Hampshire | | Elevation: | 5366 ft / 1635 m |
Ascent Trip ReportAfter peakbagged Mt Adams first from Apalachia, we stopped by Madison Hut, took off some loads, then, hiked to Mt Madison. It was short hike up from Hut and came back there to stay over night.
We left Appalachia around 10AM after car spotting at AMC Highland Ctr at 9AM. We reached to the Tr Junc of King Ravine at 11:15AM. King Ravine is the trail which requires rock scrambling that is a bit tough for me as short person who has short leg and short arms. A couple of times, I needed to ask one guy to pull me up a bit on large rocks. We kept steady pace and reached to the base of Mt Adams (at Gulfside Tr) at 3PM and reached to the summit of Mt Adams at 3:40PM. Then, hiked out to Madison Hut at 4pm. We took short break and left Hut at 4:30PM, reached to the summit of Mt Madison at 5PM. There was a great view from the summit but pretty chilly out there with strong wind. We all wore wind jacket and I event had gloves. Returned to Hut at 5:30PM to eat dinner at 6PM. It was great weather (windy but cool) and it couldn't be better than that for nice hiking day! All 5 hikers in my group successfully attained to 2 summits as planned.
|
| Summary Total Data | | Elevation Gain: | 4060 ft / 1237 m | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Scramble, Exposed Scramble | | Gear Used: | Ski Poles, Hut Camp | | Weather: | Cool, Extremely Windy, Clear
Sunny, Windy | | Ascent Statistics | | Elevation Gain: | 4060 ft / 1237 m | | Route: | Madison Spur Tr | | Trailhead: | Appalachia 1306 ft / 398 m | | Descent Statistics | Ascent Part of Trip: PresiTraverse (2 nights total away from roads)
Complete Trip Sequence:
|
This page has been served 245 times since 2005-01-15.
Questions/Comments/Corrections? See the Contact Page
Copyright © 1987-2013 by Peakbagger.com. All Rights Reserved.
|
