Ascent of Mount Cardigan on 2008-11-28| Others in Party: | JM
| | Date: | Friday, November 28, 2008 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Motorized Transport to Trailhead: | Car | | Peak: | Mount Cardigan | | Location: | USA-New Hampshire | | Elevation: | 3123 ft / 951 m |
Ascent Trip ReportLeft AMC hut at 10:30am, took Holt Trail to Clark / Cathedral Forest Trail to Summit. 2.6 miles one way. Summitted around 1:00, ate lunch, and took same route down and arrived AMC hut around 3:30.
Conditions were fair: Overcast; mid-30s temp; 6" of sticky snow all the way up to treeline. Hard snow crust. ice and exposed rock above treeline. 15-25mph winds at summit; about 10-20F with windchill.
Equipment: Double boots, crampons, and axe. Other hikers had snowshoes or just winter boots w/o crampons and seemed to do fine.
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| Summary Total Data | | Round-Trip Distance: | 5.2 mi / 8.4 km | | Route: | Clark Trail | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Snow on Ground | | Gear Used: | Ice Axe, Crampons | | Weather: | Snowing, Cool, Breezy, Overcast | | Ascent Statistics | | Time: | 2 Hours 30 Minutes | | Descent Statistics | | Time: | 2 Hours 0 Minutes |
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