4000 Foot Dads

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Mt. Willey, Mt. Field and Mt. Tom in August 2014

On Saturday, August 9 we rendevouzed again. This time heading towards Crawford Notch. We stayed at the splendid Villager Motel in Bartlett, NH the night before. On Saturday morning we drove up and dropped a car at the Crawford Notch visitor's center, then headed back to the trailhead at the base of Mt. Willey. We headed up Willey first. Willey had some awesome views. Onto Mt. Field where birds ate out of Steve's hand. Next Tom, which has a couple different look outs. We cracked the beers on Tom and headed down.

Stats: Total time was 6:48, total elevation gain 3758'

The pond across 302 from the base of Mt. Willey. We would take a dip in the river post climb to the right of the walking bridge.

At the base of Mt. Willey is an ice cream shop

Sign 1.

The climb up Mt. Willey is steep. We gained all of the elevation and then some by starting at Mt. Willey.

This is at the look out on Mt. Willey. The view is across route 302/Crawford Notch

After summiting Mt. Willey, this is looking out the other side at Mt. Zealand, and the Twins.

Summit of Mt. Willey

Steve the Bird Whisperer actually had this Canadian Jay eating out of his hand on Mt. Field.

Our buddy.

The summit of Mt. Field looks out on the Mount Washington Hotel

Summit of Mt. Field, looking out at the Mount Washington Hotel.

Broing it up.

And...Mt. Tom, looking back at the day's work.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Mt. Flume and Mt. Liberty: just the way hiking should be.

On Monday, July 7 2014 we returned to Franconia ridge. We ascended the Flume slide trail to Mt. Flume, then connected with Libery Spring trail for Mt. Liberty and the descent. On this trip, I think we encountered Andrew Thompson as he ascended Mt. Flume around 6am on his quest to break the record for fastest time climbing the 48s.