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Ascent of Mount Carleton on 2008-08-30

Climber: Rob Broeren

Others in Party:

solo

Date:

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Peak:

Mount Carleton

Location:

Canada-New Brunswick

Elevation:

819 m / 2690 ft

Ascent Trip Report

Got to the trail head at 11:00am EDT (12:00pm local time). The main road was closed as was the main trail due to construction of a fire tower at the summit. I chose to hike the ridge and summit anyway. The "Dry Brook" trail only adds an extra two miles each way. The "Dry Brook" is a beautiful trail with a vigorous creek. Very wet, mossy, with lots of slippery bridges to cross. The trail is partially maintained, but even with blue/white reflectors on the trees I got off trail twice. It was a great day hike, warm and humid so you sweat a lot. I got out by 6:00pm EDT with two hours of sunlight left. I took a quick wash down in the creek to get the salt off me. Then slept at the local campground in the back of my rented Nitto ($14 for overnight camping).
A nice place to visit, but a fully days drive, 12 hrs, from Boston as part of a work trip. I stayed over the labor day weekend to bag this one.

Summary Total Data

Grade/Class:

Class I

Route Conditions:

Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail

Weather:

Pleasant, Calm, Overcast

Ascent Statistics

Extra Loss:

365 m / 1200 ft

Distance:

8.1 km / 5 mi

Route:

Ruisseau Dry Brook

Trailhead:

Trail head

Time Up:

6 Hours

Descent Statistics

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