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Ascent of Middle 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:

Middle Weeks

Location:

USA-New Hampshire

Elevation:

3684 ft / 1122 m

Ascent Trip Report

The col between South and Middle Weeks lies on a flattish piece of ground and the trail passes through in a straight line. The uphill follows this line directly towards the summit and the grade is easy. Again, I was spotting many traces of moose activity, and this made me all the more nervous. The footprints were going in the same direction I was headed and I didn't want to catch up to their maker. I was doubly aware and cautious.

There were no events on this peak though and the summit, as its predecessor, was very bland and uninteresting. I stopped a few minutes to take some bites out of my rations before resuming downhill. Here, the next col was slightly lower than the previous, and the number of switchbacks increased. At least, the worse of the blowdown was behind.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

217 ft / 66 m

Elevation Loss:

437 ft / 133 m

Distance:

0.9 mi / 1.4 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:

184 ft / 56 m

Distance:

0.4 mi / 0.6 km

Route:

Kilkenny Ridge trail

Trailhead:

South Weeks col 3500 ft / 1066 m

Time Up:

10 Minutes

Descent Statistics

Elevation Loss:

437 ft / 133 m

Extra Gain:

33 ft / 10 m

Distance:

0.5 mi / 0.8 km

Route:

Kilkenny Ridge trail

Trailhead:

Middle Weeks col 3280 ft / 999 m

Time Down:

12 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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