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Ascent of Mount Adams on 2010-08-22

Climber: Gabriel Couët

Others in Party:

Benoit Poirier

Date:

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Peak:

Mount Adams

Location:

USA-New Hampshire

Elevation:

5774 ft / 1759 m

Ascent Trip Report

We stayed in Madison Hut for about 45 minutes. We chatted with some people and some hikers told us of nice possible camping spots along Sphinx trail. It was already one of our options but this reinforced it. We ate a good lunch then resumed hiking.

We took the AT, soon forking off on Airline trail towards Mt. Adams' summit. It wasn't too long that we got there. We didn't linger as the wind was extreme, and we started down towards Edmands col. The way down was uneventful and we didn't meet anyone on the mountain.

View Presidential Traverse August 2010 in a larger map

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

954 ft / 290 m

Elevation Loss:

854 ft / 260 m

Distance:

2.1 mi / 3.3 km

Grade/Class:

Quality:

7 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)

Route Conditions:

Maintained Trail

Weather:

Raining, Cold, Windy, Low Clouds
Bad weather, rainy and cold.

Ascent Statistics

Elevation Gain:

954 ft / 290 m

Distance:

0.7 mi / 1.1 km

Route:

Airline trail

Trailhead:

Madison Hut 4820 ft / 1469 m

Time Up:

30 Minutes

Descent Statistics

Elevation Loss:

854 ft / 260 m

Distance:

1.4 mi / 2.2 km

Route:

AT along Great Gulf

Trailhead:

Edmands col 4920 ft / 1499 m

Time Down:

45 Minutes

Ascent Part of Trip: Presidential Traverse (08/2010) (2 nights total away from roads)

Complete Trip Sequence:

Order	Peak/Point	Date
1	Mount Madison	2010-08-22 a
2	Mount Adams	2010-08-22 b
3	Mount Jefferson	2010-08-22 c
4	Mount Washington	2010-08-23 a
5	Mount Monroe	2010-08-23 b
6	Mount Franklin	2010-08-23 c
7	Mount Eisenhower	2010-08-23 d
8	Mount Pierce	2010-08-23 e

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