Galehead Mountain, New Hampshire

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4024 ft / 1227 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	44° 11' 6'' N, 71° 34' 25'' W 44.18502, -71.573501 (Dec Deg) 294312 E 4895644 N, Zone 19 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New Hampshire
County/Second Level Region	Grafton
City/Town	Franconia
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1641      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 1412) Selected Trip Reports:      2000-10-07 by Jim Wilkinson      2008-07-20 by Michael Blair      2009-09-26 by Michael Petcher      2010-03-13 by Steven Tedeschi      2010-06-15 by Isaiah Knight      2010-08-02 by Tony Rachupka      2010-10-09 by Tomoko Nakajima      2011-07-24 by Jim Johnson      2011-08-13 by Ryan Aschbrenner      2011-08-27 by Dan Quinlan (GPS Track)      2011-09-20 by Wesley Barry (GPS Track)      2012-02-18 by David Darby (GPS Track)      2012-04-07 by Matthew Nelson      2012-08-14 by David Cormier (GPS Track)      2012-10-06 by Chris Stempek (GPS Track)      2013-01-19 by Matt DiFrancesco (GPS Track)      2013-03-16 by John Sherback      2014-05-23 by Spencer Corcoran      2015-10-01 by Chris Higgins      2015-12-28 by Robert Larkin      2016-02-07 by Dennis Garboski Jr (GPS Track)      2016-07-17 by Arthur Caverly (GPS Track)      2016-10-08 by Michael Stonek (GPS Track)      2016-10-09 by Mary Ruth Merkel      2017-04-02 by Chris Higgins      2017-06-25 by Wayne Snyder (GPS Track)      2017-07-29 by Andrew Chase (GPS Track)      2017-08-23 by Gabriel C (GPS Track)      2018-08-04 by Sean McIntyre      2018-08-05 by Pamela Kimball      2018-08-11 by Jayson H (GPS Track)      2018-08-31 by Raven Matherne (GPS Track)      2018-09-09 by Bruce Adams (GPS Track)      2019-06-28 by Brian Seaman (GPS Track)      2019-07-20 by Jake Campbell (GPS Track)      2019-09-01 by Crystal Davis      2019-09-14 by Stephen Derdau      2019-10-20 by Kristen Davenport      2020-01-15 by Chris Higgins      2020-09-20 by Scott Dresser (GPS Track)      2020-11-19 by Danielle Normand (GPS Track)      2021-07-11 by Eric Ryherd (GPS Track)      2021-10-08 by Sean Brown (GPS Track)      2022-03-04 by Scott Burns      2022-10-08 by Scott Wieman (GPS Track)      2023-05-20 by Map Man (GPS Track)
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Galehead Mountain and Galehead Hut in foreground as viewed from South Twin, with Franconia Ridge (left) and Mount Garfield in background (2014-09-25). Photo by Ben Lostracco. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 264 ft/81 m   Optimistic Prominence: 304 ft/93 m   Line Parent: South Twin   Key Col: 3760 ft/1146 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.53 mi/0.86 km    Isolation Limit Point: 44.1875, -71.5633 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     South Twin  (ENE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Northern U.S. Appalachians Range4: White Mountains Range5: Franconia Area Range6: Twin Range
Ridges/Divides	White Mountain Crest
Drainage Basins	Pemigewasset Merrimack Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean Ammonoosuc Connecticut Long Island Sound Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: White Mountain National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Pemigewasset Wilderness Area
Topo Map	South Twin Mountain O44071b5 1:24,000
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map  Galehead Mountain   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

View from the Galehead hut. (2015-05-23). Photo by Vic Stashewsky. Click here for larger-size photo.

Summit of Galehead Mountain (2015-07-25). Photo by Mike Rudolph. Click here for larger-size photo.

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