Ascent of Mount Adams on 2010-08-20| Others in Party: | Fred
Sharon
Will and Rene
| | Date: | Friday, August 20, 2010 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Mount Adams | | Location: | USA-New Hampshire | | Elevation: | 5799 ft / 1767 m |
Ascent Trip ReportFred, Sharon, Will, Rene and I hiked Presi. Traverse on 8/20-22.
Mt Adams was the first Mtn we hiked from Appalachia. We had a plan to use Valley Way but there is no view. So we decided to take Air Line Trail, Short Line Trail, then, King Ravine including Subway(go through cave).
We left Appalachia around 10AM after car spotting at AMC Highland Ctr at 9AM. We reached to the Tr Junc of King Ravine at 11:15AM. King Ravine is the trail which requires rock scrambling that is a bit tough for me as short person who has short leg and short arms. A couple of times, I needed to ask one guy to pull me up a bit on large rocks. We kept steady pace and reached to the base of Mt Adams (at Gulfside Tr) at 3PM and reached to the summit of Mt Adams at 3:40PM. Then, hiked out to Madison Hut at 4pm. We took short break and left Hut at 4:30PM, reached to the summit of Mt Madison at 5PM. There was a great view from the summit but pretty chilly out there with strong wind. We all wore wind jacket and I event had gloves. Returned to Hut at 5:30PM to eat dinner at 6PM. It was great weather (windy but cool) and it couldn't be better than that for nice hiking day! All 5 hikers in my group successfully attained to 2 summits as planned. |
| Summary Total Data | | Total Elevation Gain: | 4493 ft / 1369 m | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Scramble, Exposed Scramble | | Gear Used: | Ski Poles, Hut Camp | | Weather: | Cool, Extremely Windy, Clear
Sunny, Windy | | Ascent Statistics | | Gain on way in: | 4493 ft / 1369 m | | Distance: | 4.2 mi / 6.8 km | | Route: | Air Line, Short Line and King Lavine | | Start Trailhead: | Apalachia 1306 ft / 398 m | | Time: | 4 Hours | | Descent Statistics | Ascent Part of Trip: PresiTraverse (2 nights total away from roads)
Complete Trip Sequence:
Total Trip Gain: 11971 ft / 3648 m Total Trip Loss: 9060 ft / 2761 m |
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