Ascent of Mount Pierce on 2012-06-16Date: | Saturday, June 16, 2012 | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | Peak: | Mount Pierce | Location: | USA-New Hampshire | Elevation: | 4310 ft / 1313 m |
Ascent Trip ReportWe had a beautiful morning with clouds rolling in during the early afternoon. An incredible experience across a fantastic ridge. Made one mistake coming off of Mt. Adams, started down the Lowes Path, but before we figured it out we did visit Mt. Adams 4. If the peak was named and within 100 meters or so of the path, we made the extra effort to summit the peak. All in all we visited 8 ranked peaks and 6 sub-peaks. It was quite an experience with some of the greatest views from John Quincy Adams and the very quiet Mt. Clay summit. Mt. Jefferson was just covered with hikers and Mt. Washington was a complete zoo. We had to wait in a line to take a summit picture!
(GPS track from Appalachia to Mt. Washington is posted in the Mt. Madison TR. The track from Mt Washington to Route 302 is posted in the Mt. Washington TR.)
Trip Section Distance Elevation Gain (miles) (feet) Appalachia - Mt. Madison 4.0 4,030 Mt. Madison - John Q Adams 0.95 630 JQ Adams - Mt. Adams 0.37 470 Mt. Adam – Adams 4 0.60 50 Adams 4 – Adams 5 1.20 360 Adams 5 – Mt. Jefferson 1.15 780 Mt. Jefferson – Mt. Clay 1.50 760 Mt. Clay – Mt. Washington 1.50 980 Mt. Washington – Mt. Monroe 1.85 370 Mt. Monroe – Monroe West Peak 0.30 40 Monroe West – Mt. Franklin 0.45 50 Mt. Franklin – Mt. Eisenhower 1.40 620 Mt. Eisenhower – Mt. Pierce 1.50 730 Mt. Pierce – Mt. Jackson 2.20 580 Mt. Jackson – Route 302 2.45 60
It's getting late and there wasn't much to see from here, so we didn't stay long. |
Summary Total Data | Total Elevation Gain: | 735 ft / 224 m | Quality: | 4 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail | Weather: | Pleasant, Breezy, Partly Cloudy | Ascent Statistics | Gain on way in: | 735 ft / 224 m | Distance: | 1.5 mi / 2.4 km | Route: | Eisenhower loop, Crawford Path, Webster Cliff | Start Trailhead: | mt. Eisenhower 3575 ft / 1089 m | Time: | 50 Minutes | Descent Statistics | Ascent Part of Trip: Presidential Traverse
Complete Trip Sequence: Total Trip Gain: 10477 ft / 3194 m |
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