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Date Hiked: 8/20-22
Trails(s) Hiked: Tuckerman Ravine, Trinity Heights, Gulfside, Clay, Gulfside, Jefferson Loop, Gulfside, Adams Summit, Osgood, Great Gulf
Total Distance: 14-17 miles (not quite sure), estimated 7000 vertical foot gain
Difficulty: Greuling!
Conditions: Tucks was dry, Rocks wet on Northern Presi Ridge, Osgood Trail had tons of down trees that are being removed, Great Gulf Trail had a behmouth of a tree on it that we tried to move but it was just to much, its a giant
Special Required Equipment: Lots of ambition
Left pinkham around 4 on Sunday, spent a nice night a hermit lake in the rain (it rained a lot harder than we expected). Got off to a liesurely start Monday morning (9:30 AM) because we thought it was going to rain all day, eventually at the top of tucks it cleared out and it was smooth sailing to the top of Washington, made it in about an hour with heavy packs. Spent lunch hour with the obs staff and then zoomed over to clay where it clouded in for the rest of our journey. Hopped along the ridge and tag jeff and adams and down to madison hut by around 4. We were hurting a little by this point. Winds on Adams were around 50 mph, pretty strong for august. We grabbed some water at madison hut, and were leaving when someone asked, Where are you going? We exlaimed this is to expensive for us, and we hoofed it over Madison and down the osgood to the osgood tent site. Made it ther earound 6:30. It was a long day.
Which brings me to the point, why will the AMC not put up lean-toos or tent platforms. Why is it there huts or nothing. They are really very expensive but there is no other above treeline option besides what the RMC provides. I find this absurd. They build the giantly ineffective and equally expensive highland center, charge mondo bucks for the huts, but they cant put up a tent pad? Ridiculous in my mind. Anyways, it was a great Adventure. Also the Great gulf trail had a huge blow down on it, its going to take some work to remove that one....
Trails(s) Hiked: Tuckerman Ravine, Trinity Heights, Gulfside, Clay, Gulfside, Jefferson Loop, Gulfside, Adams Summit, Osgood, Great Gulf
Total Distance: 14-17 miles (not quite sure), estimated 7000 vertical foot gain
Difficulty: Greuling!
Conditions: Tucks was dry, Rocks wet on Northern Presi Ridge, Osgood Trail had tons of down trees that are being removed, Great Gulf Trail had a behmouth of a tree on it that we tried to move but it was just to much, its a giant
Special Required Equipment: Lots of ambition
Left pinkham around 4 on Sunday, spent a nice night a hermit lake in the rain (it rained a lot harder than we expected). Got off to a liesurely start Monday morning (9:30 AM) because we thought it was going to rain all day, eventually at the top of tucks it cleared out and it was smooth sailing to the top of Washington, made it in about an hour with heavy packs. Spent lunch hour with the obs staff and then zoomed over to clay where it clouded in for the rest of our journey. Hopped along the ridge and tag jeff and adams and down to madison hut by around 4. We were hurting a little by this point. Winds on Adams were around 50 mph, pretty strong for august. We grabbed some water at madison hut, and were leaving when someone asked, Where are you going? We exlaimed this is to expensive for us, and we hoofed it over Madison and down the osgood to the osgood tent site. Made it ther earound 6:30. It was a long day.
Which brings me to the point, why will the AMC not put up lean-toos or tent platforms. Why is it there huts or nothing. They are really very expensive but there is no other above treeline option besides what the RMC provides. I find this absurd. They build the giantly ineffective and equally expensive highland center, charge mondo bucks for the huts, but they cant put up a tent pad? Ridiculous in my mind. Anyways, it was a great Adventure. Also the Great gulf trail had a huge blow down on it, its going to take some work to remove that one....
