Pemigewasset Wildernesss Loop

Date

June 30-July 3, 2006

Participants

Chris Barnes, Rusty Geldmacher, Dan Jacques

Route

Day One

  • Osseo Trail from Route 112 to Mt. Flume summit via Wilderness Trail – 5.6 miles
  • Mt. Flume summit to Mt. Liberty summit – 1.2 miles
  • Mt. Liberty summit to Liberty Spring Trail – 0.3 miles
  • Liberty Spring Trail to Liberty Spring campsite – 0.3 miles

Day Two

  • Liberty Spring campsite to Franconia Ridge Trail – 0.3 miles
  • Franconia Ridge Trail to Mt. Lafayette summit – 3.8 miles
  • Garfield Ridge Trail from Mt. Lafayette summit to Garfield Ridge campsite – 3.9 miles

Day Three

  • Garfield campsite to Galehead Hut – 2.7 miles
  • Loop to Mt. Galehead summit and back – 1 mile
  • Twinway to North Twin Spur at South Twin summit – 0.8 miles
  • Twinway to Bondcliff Trail – 2 miles
  • Bondcliff Trail to Guyot campsite – 0.6 miles

Day Four

  • Guyot campsite to Wilderness Trail – 6.3 miles
  • Wilderness Trail to Route 112 – 4.7 miles

Total: 33.5 miles

Pictures

Full gallery here.

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Notes

  • Longest hike, day-wise, that I have ever done up to this point!
  • It rained on three of the four days, and on the first day we got hail!
  • However, most of the time we got a window of good weather to summit peaks

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