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RJ
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With spring just around the corner (just kidding) my thoughts have once again returned to backpacking. After a long hiatus, I finally resumed backpacking this past spring and summer. The trips were nothing to strenuous, just one overnighter along the Franconia Ridge and the other a trip to the Bonds. For the past 15 years I've kicked myself that I quit backpacking (a myriad of reasons) before I could accomplice a modified Bataan Death March.
Now that I have resumed my overnight adventures, and regrettable father time is nipping at my butt, I feel that I don't have that may years left where I would feel comfortable doing this trek. My original intension was to walk from Thornton (starting just west of the Sandwich notch road) to Mt Washington. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a straight shot through the Sandwich wilderness that would get me to the Kancamagus highway without spending one or two nights in the Sandwich region needlessly.
I've therefore decided that my best bet would be to start from Waterville Valley and take the Greeley pond trail to the Kancamagus. My route would then be the following:
1. Cross the Kancamagus and follow the Hancock trail.
2. Take the Cedar brook trail and camp the first night.
3. Take the Wilderness trail to the Thoreau trail to the Ethan brook trail and camp for the second night.
4. Take Willey trail to the A-Z trail.
5. Take the Crawford path and camp at Nauman for the third night.
6. Follow the Crawford path to Mt Washington.
I'm sure there are a few other ways to get from WV to Washington, but this seems to be the shortest route. I don't plan to do this trek until June 2002, so I have some time to plan. Has anyone done this trek before and if so, do you have any suggestions, other than take up bowling instead?
Now that I have resumed my overnight adventures, and regrettable father time is nipping at my butt, I feel that I don't have that may years left where I would feel comfortable doing this trek. My original intension was to walk from Thornton (starting just west of the Sandwich notch road) to Mt Washington. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a straight shot through the Sandwich wilderness that would get me to the Kancamagus highway without spending one or two nights in the Sandwich region needlessly.
I've therefore decided that my best bet would be to start from Waterville Valley and take the Greeley pond trail to the Kancamagus. My route would then be the following:
1. Cross the Kancamagus and follow the Hancock trail.
2. Take the Cedar brook trail and camp the first night.
3. Take the Wilderness trail to the Thoreau trail to the Ethan brook trail and camp for the second night.
4. Take Willey trail to the A-Z trail.
5. Take the Crawford path and camp at Nauman for the third night.
6. Follow the Crawford path to Mt Washington.
I'm sure there are a few other ways to get from WV to Washington, but this seems to be the shortest route. I don't plan to do this trek until June 2002, so I have some time to plan. Has anyone done this trek before and if so, do you have any suggestions, other than take up bowling instead?