Kick off Winter School with Mt. Garfield!!

Leaders
Arnav Verma (coB), Matthew Goss (coB), Osman Ahsen (C), Shayna Milstein (A coB)
Program
Winter School
Type
Hiking
Terrain level
B
Trip date
Saturday, January 11th, 2020
Difficulty rating
Difficult
Prerequisites
Good physical fitness, previous winter hiking experience

Join us for a long and cold day hiking the out-and-back Garfield Trail up to the summit of Mount Garfield (4500 ft). We'll be practicing layering in very cold weather, the use of snowshoes and light traction, as well as eating on the go and taking efficient breaks.

This will be a long hike! This is a 12.5 mile hike with 2960 ft elevation gain so you should be an experienced winter hiker with several long hikes under your belt. Overall, it is steep at the very end but otherwise a mild uphill. Be prepared for a long but rewarding day in the White Mountains!

Gear: We'll definitely need micro-spikes, and likely will be snowshoeing a good portion of the trail.

Logistics: The plan is to leave Boston very early on Saturday and we will have a required pre-trip meeting this Thursday.

Signup

Algorithm
first-come, first-serve
Maximum participants
6
Signups opened at
Jan. 8, 2020, noon
Signups closed at
Jan. 9, 2020, 8:45 p.m.
Notes
  1. Describe your winter hiking experience.
  2. About how many winter hikes above 10 miles have you done? How about in the other seasons?
  3. What are the coldest temps you've hiked in and how did it go?
  4. Any dietary restrictions?
Signups for this trip are closed.