Ascent of Champlain Mountain on 2009-08-01| Others in Party: | Entire Musser Family (Bill
Karen
david
Ben
Sarah
and Daniel) | | Date: | Saturday, August 1, 2009 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Champlain Mountain | | Location: | USA-Maine | | Elevation: | 1060 ft / 323 m |
Ascent Trip ReportPerigrin Falcon nesting area usually has this exciting vertical sramble and rung stell ladder trail closed but it just opened three days earlier for the first time since last October. The trail is not a hike, it is a steel rung ladder climb and scramble for much/most of the way with some granite steps. It is very steep with an average vertical of steeper than 60 degrees for most of the climb with the exception of the crowning of the summit of Champlain where granite slabs are most of the rest of the way and some in between sections of Class 1 hiking.
Spectacular views of the Ocean, nearby islands from the cliff face. Fun ascent. We left Ben, Karen, and Sarah at the summit who decided to hike the 1.5 miles down the Bear Brook Trail back to the car and then to pick us up at the summit of Cadillac Mountain. David, Daniel and I continued west to summit three other features terminating at Cadillac.
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| Summary Total Data | | Elevation Gain: | 960 ft / 293 m | | Grade/Class: | 3 | | Quality: | 8 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Scramble, Exposed Scramble | | Weather: | Pleasant, Calm, Clear
Sunny | | Ascent Statistics | | Elevation Gain: | 960 ft / 293 m | | Distance: | 0.9 mi / 1.5 km | | Route: | Precipice Trail | | Trailhead: | Parking lot @ EL 100 100 ft / 30 m | | Time Up: | 1 Hours | | Descent Statistics | Ascent Part of Trip: Cadillac Mountain Traverse
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