Crawford Path
Participants: Dr Wu, Spongebob, mountaingirl, yam
Total miles: approx. 18
After meeting in the parking lot around 7 am, we were off, up the Crawford Path to Mt. Pierce. It was a bit chilly at this time, but once we got moving, it was perfect. The first stretch of the hike was basically all uphill, we stopped at Gibbs Falls, got some pictures, and continued on. I learned mountaingirl is set to climb Elbrus soon. (way cool!) At the summit of Mt. Pierce we got our first look of the trail to come…and the beautiful weather that we’d be receiving for the day. We ran into several groups of people at this summit, they must have been coming from the Mizpah Hut. We scurried on to beat the rush, heading on to the summits of Mt. Eisenhower, Mt. Franklin, and Mt. Monroe, taking tons of pictures (Dr Wu is a photo fiend). I’ve never hiked any of the Presidentials, so this was a treat for me! I loved looking out over the huge expanse of mountains and trees around me. Both Dr Wu and Spongebob were naming off every knob and dip and mtn in sight, it was great. We could see Mt. Washington in the distance--it was perfectly clear, well, maybe a little cloud at the top of it, but nothing of the huge turbulent weather I‘d always imaged up there.
At the top of Mt Monroe, we looked down and saw Lakes of the Clouds. I loved that! It was beautiful. After passing the hut (lotza people milling about), we started up Washington. There was quite a few people hiking up and down. We made it to the top around 1:30.
After puttering around on the top and watching the Cog drop people off and pick them up again, and a ferret being led around on a leash, we headed back down the trail. This time there seemed to be less people on the trail. Instead of summiting Monroe and Eisenhower again, we took the true Crawford Path and bypassed them. The hike ended around 6:30, and we all went our separate ways. It was such spectacular weather and Dr Wu and Spongebob and Mountaingirl were great hiking partners. Can’t wait to do the Northern Presidentials!!
Haven’t had a chance to upload my photos yet onto Webshots, I’ll post the link when I’ve completed that.
Participants: Dr Wu, Spongebob, mountaingirl, yam
Total miles: approx. 18
After meeting in the parking lot around 7 am, we were off, up the Crawford Path to Mt. Pierce. It was a bit chilly at this time, but once we got moving, it was perfect. The first stretch of the hike was basically all uphill, we stopped at Gibbs Falls, got some pictures, and continued on. I learned mountaingirl is set to climb Elbrus soon. (way cool!) At the summit of Mt. Pierce we got our first look of the trail to come…and the beautiful weather that we’d be receiving for the day. We ran into several groups of people at this summit, they must have been coming from the Mizpah Hut. We scurried on to beat the rush, heading on to the summits of Mt. Eisenhower, Mt. Franklin, and Mt. Monroe, taking tons of pictures (Dr Wu is a photo fiend). I’ve never hiked any of the Presidentials, so this was a treat for me! I loved looking out over the huge expanse of mountains and trees around me. Both Dr Wu and Spongebob were naming off every knob and dip and mtn in sight, it was great. We could see Mt. Washington in the distance--it was perfectly clear, well, maybe a little cloud at the top of it, but nothing of the huge turbulent weather I‘d always imaged up there.
At the top of Mt Monroe, we looked down and saw Lakes of the Clouds. I loved that! It was beautiful. After passing the hut (lotza people milling about), we started up Washington. There was quite a few people hiking up and down. We made it to the top around 1:30.
After puttering around on the top and watching the Cog drop people off and pick them up again, and a ferret being led around on a leash, we headed back down the trail. This time there seemed to be less people on the trail. Instead of summiting Monroe and Eisenhower again, we took the true Crawford Path and bypassed them. The hike ended around 6:30, and we all went our separate ways. It was such spectacular weather and Dr Wu and Spongebob and Mountaingirl were great hiking partners. Can’t wait to do the Northern Presidentials!!
Haven’t had a chance to upload my photos yet onto Webshots, I’ll post the link when I’ve completed that.
