Welcome to the Hotel Franconia! (an overnight)

Leaders
Alex Garcia (C coI), Evan Williams (C coS), Steph Plant (C coS)
Program
Winter School
Type
Hiking
Terrain level
C
Trip date
Saturday, January 25th, 2020
Difficulty rating
Difficult
Prerequisites
Previous above tree line experience

We will be heading out Saturday morning with an epic goal: a winter overnight + a hike above treeline. When you return to the cars on Sunday afternoon, you will have won glory, found love, boiled water, slept through a small snowstorm, seen many rocks and trees, and crossed the legendary Franconia Ridge at dawn.

Saturday:

We will hike 5.6 miles and gain about 2000' of elevation, then camp at the Liberty Springs tent site. We can tag the summit of Mt. Liberty either Saturday afternoon (for an extra 1.2 miles on the day) or on Sunday morning, depending on time.

Sunday:

We will wake up and pack up camp probably before dawn. Then, we will hike up to Mt. Liberty (if we didn't do it on Saturday) and continue along the ridge to Little Haystack (2.5 miles). If conditions are favorable for above treeline travel, we will hike to Mt. Lincoln and Mt. Lafayette across Franconia Ridge, and return to the car via Old Bridle Path (another 5.6 miles for a total of 8.1 for the day, with 1050' of elev gain and 3480' of elev loss).

Signup

Algorithm
first-come, first-serve
Maximum participants
5
Signups opened at
Jan. 22, 2020, noon
Signups closed at
Jan. 23, 2020, 11:59 p.m.
Notes
  1. Do you have any dietary restrictions or other considerations for group meals?
  2. What is your experience with the following: microspikes / crampons / ice axe
  3. What above treeline winter hikes have you done?
  4. Have you ever winter camped before?
  5. Complete the sentence: "I've got a big pot of hummus and __"
Signups for this trip are closed.