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Ascent of Mount Weeks on 2012-10-20

Climber: Gabriel Couët

Other People:

Solo Ascent
Only Party on Mountain

Date:

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Motorized Transport to Trailhead:

Car

Peak:

Mount Weeks

Location:

USA-New Hampshire

Elevation:

3901 ft / 1189 m

Ascent Trip Report

From the col between Middle Weeks and Mt. Weeks, the ascent took a slight right to go around a very steep face. The trail ascended in a birch forest at a moderate grade until it hit a few switchbacks. I was getting a bit tired now and took short breaks. I felt like I was going to bonk and planned to eat at the summit. I was thinking I might not have eaten enough at breakfast and that my intake the day before might have been inadequate as this was happening unusually early in the day.

Still, I made my way towards the summit and reached it at 13:08. There, I noticed the high point was occupied by a large log, so I hopped on it. I slipped and fell awkwardly on my left leg and arm that remained sore for a few moments. I swore at my inattention, as I removed my pack to get some food.

After this break, I left northward downhill towards Willard Notch. The grade was steeper this time as the col was significantly lower than the previous ones. I started getting this pricking pain in my left knee as soon as the going got steeper. This was very frustrating. I kept thinking about the whole next day I had to face coming back this way and I was not enchanted at all. I compensated by putting more weight on my right knee and trying to keep the left knee bent and this alleviated the pain enough that I could still keep a decent speed. At least the trail went in many switchbacks that lessened its steepness. Soon, I emerged in a sunny expanse of open birch woods that lead me to York Pond trail. The blazes were half erased from birches peeling away, so I had to routefind my way in a couple places, but I finally reached the junction.

A beautiful birch forest between Mt. Weeks and Terrace Mt. at Willard Notch.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

670 ft / 204 m

Elevation Loss:

1155 ft / 352 m

Distance:

1.9 mi / 3.1 km

Grade/Class:

Quality:

5 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)

Route Conditions:

Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail

Gear Used:

Hut Camp

Weather:

Pleasant, Calm, Partly Cloudy

Ascent Statistics

Elevation Gain:

621 ft / 190 m

Distance:

0.7 mi / 1.1 km

Route:

Kilkenny Ridge trail

Trailhead:

Middle Weeks col 3280 ft / 999 m

Time Up:

26 Minutes

Descent Statistics

Elevation Loss:

1155 ft / 352 m

Extra Gain:

49 ft / 14 m

Distance:

1.2 mi / 1.9 km

Route:

Kilkenny Ridge trail

Trailhead:

Willard Notch 2795 ft / 851 m

Time Down:

43 Minutes

Ascent Part of Trip: Pliny/Pilot (oct. 2012) (1 nights total away from roads)

Complete Trip Sequence:

Order	Peak/Point	Date
1	Mount Starr King	2012-10-20 a
2	Mount Waumbek	2012-10-20 b
3	Mount Weeks-South Peak	2012-10-20 c
4	Middle Weeks	2012-10-20 d
5	Mount Weeks	2012-10-20 e
6	Terrace Mountain	2012-10-20 f
7	Terrace Mountain-Middle Peak	2012-10-20 g
8	Terrace Mountain-North Peak	2012-10-20 h
9	Mount Cabot-Southeast Knob	2012-10-20 i
10	Mount Cabot	2012-10-20 j
11	Mount Cabot-Southeast Knob	2012-10-20 k

GPS Data for Ascent/Trip

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Peaks: climbed and unclimbed by Gabriel Couët
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