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Ascent of Mount Osceola on 2009-07-17

Climber: Tom Hudson

Others in Party:

Nicholas Hudson

Date:

Friday, July 17, 2009

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Motorized Transport to Trailhead:

Car

Peak:

Mount Osceola

Location:

USA-New Hampshire

Elevation:

4320 ft / 1316 m

Ascent Trip Report

Mount Osceola is noted to be one of the easier of the 4000-footers to climb. Since this is the first of the 4000 I don’t have much to add other than this was an easier hike than Mount Chocorua. We hit the trail at about 8am just as the fog was burning off…hind-sight it would have been better to get there an hour earlier just to have the cooler weather (high was 84 in Livermore). The first 1/3 of the way up (and the last 1/3 on the way down of course) was some of the rockiest terrain and the most strenuous that I have climbed so far. The rest of the trail was fairly moderate to easy.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

2060 ft / 628 m

Distance:

6.4 mi / 10.3 km

Route:

Mount Osceola Trail

Trailhead:

Mount Osceola Trailhead 2260 ft / 688 m

Route Conditions:

Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail

Weather:

Pleasant, Partly Cloudy

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