The Osceolas 10-14-06

[MarcHowes]

Date(s) Hiked: 10/14/06

Trails(s) Hiked: Mount Osceola Tr

Total Distance: 8.4 RT

Difficulty: Moderate to Osceola, more difficult to E Osceola

Conditions: Icy above 3700'

Special Required Equipment: Typical Fall arsenal.

Trip Report:

This was Hike #1 of a 3 hike "marathon" Saturday.

Started this bad boy at 4:33 in the morning. It was VERY easy getting to Osceola, but East Osceola is a bit tougher. Stealthy ice clung to rocks. Views were great.

Full report/pictures here:

http://hoosactunnel.net/nonhoosac/NH/Osceolas061014/

Definately the easiest hike I've done in the Whites. Tripoli rd closes soon so if you want to do it the way I did do it soon!

 

[MichaelJ]

For what it's worth, I grabbed both peaks last winter from the Kanc side, and didn't find it to be at all as difficult a route as its reputation.

Glad the sun was up by the time you returned to the ledges; it'd be a shame to miss that view for the darkness (4:30am start? Yikes!)