sjhbos
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We spotted a car at the Oliverian Brook Trailhead, just off the Kancamagus and then drove to the Livermore Trail (Kanc Section) to start the hike. Sean, Kevin and I started about 8.30 and began the walk along the Livermore Trail, about 4 miles to the North Slide Trail to summit North Tripyramid. Livermore Trail is flat but some sections of the trial were very wet and slow going.
Although, I had done the Tripyramid loop as a winter hike, on that occasion I used Scaur Ridge and so this time we ascended the North Slide trail. I knew that this was a steep trail and I found it very difficult going (much more so than my two companions). The lower sections of the slide were still wet from previous rainfall and so I needed to use the trees along the side to navigate this part. Higher up the trail was dry and I could stay on the rock face. On the North Slide we meet two other hiker, Sue and Pauline who were up for the weekend from Connecticut and doing the Waterville Valley Tripyramid loop; they were good company and we hiked with them for the next couple of hours.
Sean loves the steep slopes and had taken off about a quarter of the way up the slide, when the four of us reached the summit another group of hikers relayed the message that he had he had left about 10 minutes ago for Middle Tripyramid and so after a short water break we pushed on and meet him near the middle summit. We all then continued to the south peak where Sue and Pauline continued to complete this loop (hope we get the change to hike together again) and we turned onto the Kate Sleeper Trail to head towards Mt. Whiteface.
This trail had a lot of blowdown and was slow going. Finally we reached Whiteface and after a short break used the Rollins trail to tackle Mt. Passaconaway. We then returned to the car via the Passaconaway cutoff and Oliverian Brook Trail, both of these trails are pretty flat and make for fast hiking.
Because of the steepness of the North slide and a reasonable amount of miles covered on the hike we did not make it back to the car until just before 8pm. It was a fun hike, quite tiring but with good company the time went very well.
Although, I had done the Tripyramid loop as a winter hike, on that occasion I used Scaur Ridge and so this time we ascended the North Slide trail. I knew that this was a steep trail and I found it very difficult going (much more so than my two companions). The lower sections of the slide were still wet from previous rainfall and so I needed to use the trees along the side to navigate this part. Higher up the trail was dry and I could stay on the rock face. On the North Slide we meet two other hiker, Sue and Pauline who were up for the weekend from Connecticut and doing the Waterville Valley Tripyramid loop; they were good company and we hiked with them for the next couple of hours.
Sean loves the steep slopes and had taken off about a quarter of the way up the slide, when the four of us reached the summit another group of hikers relayed the message that he had he had left about 10 minutes ago for Middle Tripyramid and so after a short water break we pushed on and meet him near the middle summit. We all then continued to the south peak where Sue and Pauline continued to complete this loop (hope we get the change to hike together again) and we turned onto the Kate Sleeper Trail to head towards Mt. Whiteface.
This trail had a lot of blowdown and was slow going. Finally we reached Whiteface and after a short break used the Rollins trail to tackle Mt. Passaconaway. We then returned to the car via the Passaconaway cutoff and Oliverian Brook Trail, both of these trails are pretty flat and make for fast hiking.
Because of the steepness of the North slide and a reasonable amount of miles covered on the hike we did not make it back to the car until just before 8pm. It was a fun hike, quite tiring but with good company the time went very well.
