2. New England 4000+ ft Mountains

Pierce & Jackson May 2015

A college friend and one of her friends came to NH for a week and wanted to do some hiking. The southern presidentials were picked so that we could stay at the AMC Mizpah Hut overnight during its spring self service season. Day 1 was up to the hut and then Mt. Pierce. The hike was 5.11 miles with 2,602 feet of total elevation gain. Day 2 was a hike over Mt. Jackson and then back to the cars. This added another 5.12 miles and 803 feet of elevation gain. The weather was great with warm temps and plenty of sun. But there was still 3+ feet of snow along the ridge in places which made for some slow going
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The ice on the trail was starting to thin down as we approached the junction
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The ice on the trail was starting to thin down as we approached the junction

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  • Presidential Range
  • Another hiker trying to feed the Gray Jay (and take a picture while doing so)
  • Miles on the summit of Mt. Jackson
  • Miles with Mt. Washington behind him
  • The trail coming down off of Mt. Jackson
  • The large rocks at the top of this picture were tricky with ice between and along them
  • Looking up the trail to a section of large rocks
  • Some exposed rock surrounded by ice
  • Down at the split of the Webster-Jackson Trail
  • The ice on the trail was starting to thin down as we approached the junction
  • Looking down the trail, the ice almost completely stops here
  • The hardest of the water crossings along the trail, and it was an easy hop over
  • In some places there was still plenty of snow down lower
  • Looking west from the viewpoint headed down
  • Mt. Willard in front of Mt. Willey looking down into the notch
  • The train tracks headed down into the notch
  • Webster Depot and the Highland Center
  • Mt. Washington Hotel to the northwest
  • A Google Earth representation of the hike. A clockwise loop
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