Ascent of Mount Tremont on 2011-01-23| Date: | Sunday, January 23, 2011 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Mount Tremont | | Location: | USA-New Hampshire | | Elevation: | 3371 ft / 1027 m |
Ascent Trip Report4 hrs broke all way up - excellent run down in perfect snow, racked by nobody else... talk about reaping what you sow. Try getting this type of trail experience on a 4000 footer (it is just not possible) Absolutely amazing view @top -- perhaps the BEST view I have seen in years!! A small animal, perhaps a fox DID track over the path while at the summit and periodically marked its territory. Safe to say the passage was noticed.
The subtle beauty and calm of high evergreen forests, which cloak Tremont's upper reaches, reminded me of why I hike in the first place ... to discover nature. In a flash of clarity, I realized how so much of the "community" is caught up in the hysteria of climbing grids and completing lists (of 4000 footers) as fast as humanly possible -- and to this community I was an outsider, and that it felt DAMN GOOD to be on the outside. From my perspective it seems like many climbers see the actual mountains as barriers to their next set of bragging rights. Almost like climbing is a chore -- how wrong they are!!! I used to be one of them, all wound up over elevation, yet missing out on the experiences that make life truly grand. After Tremont, I now chose QUALITY over QUANTITY and this journey full circle should have happened for me years ago, but I am just glad to have found what really matters.
Many "experienced" mountain climbers will sneer at the mention of climbing a lowly 3300 footer and would pass on Tremont. Fine by me -- their loss is our gain as one thing that made this mountain so amazing was the lack of crowds and ease of finding solitude, yet all the while it required some steep climbs, navigation, and determination to reach the top.You can't sleepwalk to the top of this one like oh so many of the 4000 footers. What a fun and thought-provoking trip Tremont was! |
| Summary Total Data | | Total Elevation Gain: | 2650 ft / 807 m | | Total Elevation Loss: | 50 ft / 15 m | | Round-Trip Distance: | 5.6 mi / 9 km | | Quality: | 9 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Snow on Ground | | Gear Used: | Ski Poles, Snowshoes | | Ascent Statistics | | Gain on way in: | 2600 ft / 792 m | | Distance: | 2.8 mi / 4.5 km | | Start Trailhead: | 771 ft / 235 m | | Descent Statistics | | Loss on way out: | 50 ft / 15 m | | Gain on way out: | 50 ft / 15 m | | Distance: | 2.8 mi / 4.5 km |
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