It's been a long 19 months since my last visit and hike in New England. Just after Memorial Day i'll be back. I have 2 days and am looking to do Madison, Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, and Washington. What trail(s) is YOUR favorite, must-do-at-least-once trail involving any of those peaks? I'd like to pick a trail or two, and then tailor my bivy spot to fit it, whether it's RMC shelter or just winging it (legally).
If i got ZERO answers (fat chance from you lucky obsessive VFTT'ers), i would just go back in the Great Gulf, drop camp somewhere, head up 6 Husbands or Buttress to do the northern peaks one day, and then on the second day go up the Great Gulf to Washington and Monroe and then head down ??? Crag trail or even hitch down the toll road or something. The second day of this, minus Monroe is basically what i did on my only other visit there, and it would be interesting to climb it NOT covered in snow and ice like it was when i was there before. But, i'd hate to copy a route if there is some other route that i shouldn't miss.
Too bad no camping up above treeline...it seems that would be THE way to have a camp not overridden with bugs. And the Huts aren't going to be quite open yet.
If i got ZERO answers (fat chance from you lucky obsessive VFTT'ers), i would just go back in the Great Gulf, drop camp somewhere, head up 6 Husbands or Buttress to do the northern peaks one day, and then on the second day go up the Great Gulf to Washington and Monroe and then head down ??? Crag trail or even hitch down the toll road or something. The second day of this, minus Monroe is basically what i did on my only other visit there, and it would be interesting to climb it NOT covered in snow and ice like it was when i was there before. But, i'd hate to copy a route if there is some other route that i shouldn't miss.
Too bad no camping up above treeline...it seems that would be THE way to have a camp not overridden with bugs. And the Huts aren't going to be quite open yet.