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Ascent of Mount Truman on 2007-10-27

Climber: Matthew Nelson

Date:

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Peak:

Mount Truman

Location:

USA-New Hampshire

Elevation:

5000 ft / 1524 m

Ascent Trip Report

Ascended Lafayette in the morning, got much colder as we went up. Near the summit there was lots of ice forming from the mist blowing up the mountain and freezing. The summit signs were completely covered in ice.

We intended to do the loop with the falling waters trail, but the sign was so iced over that we missed the trailhead and ended up summiting Mt Liberty to the south. We took the Liberty Spring trail down to the trailhead and hitch-hiked back to the car. All in all it ended up around 13 miles instead of 9.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

80 ft / 25 m

Elevation Loss:

80 ft / 25 m

Distance:

0.3 mi / 0.5 km

Route Conditions:

Maintained Trail

Ascent Statistics

Elevation Gain:

80 ft / 25 m

Distance:

0.1 mi / 0.2 km

Route:

Franconia Ridge Trail

Trailhead:

Lafayette Summit 4920 ft / 1499 m

Descent Statistics

Elevation Loss:

80 ft / 25 m

Distance:

0.2 mi / 0.3 km

Route:

Franconia Ridge Trail

Trailhead:

Franconia Ridge Trail 4920 ft / 1499 m

Ascent Part of Trip: Franconia Ridge 10/27/09 (0 nights total away from roads)

Complete Trip Sequence:

Order	Peak/Point	Date
1	Mount Lafayette	2007-10-27 a
2	Mount Truman	2007-10-27 b
3	Mount Lincoln	2007-10-27 c
4	Little Haystack	2007-10-27 d
5	Mount Liberty	2007-10-27 e

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