New Hampshire's little K2 - Mt Washington via Lion's Head
- Leaders
- Florian Pagnoux (B coC coS), Kathy Camenzind (C)
- Program
- Winter School
- Type
- Hiking
- Terrain level
- C
- Trip date
- Sunday, February 2nd, 2020
- Difficulty rating
- Advanced
- Prerequisites
- Previous above treeline experience, having used crampons before, very good physical shape
Come try to ascent New Hampshire's little K2 (© Lhakpa Sherpa)!
We'll take an early start on Sunday morning to try to hike an ambitious loop in the Presidential Range: get up Mt Washington via Lions's Head, head down towards Lake of the Clouds hut, summit Monroe (out and back) and get back down via Boot Spur.
If we manage to finish the whole loop, the hike will be 10 miles, with 5000 feet of elevation gain, and nearly 6 miles above treeline.
You absolutely need previous above treeline winter hiking experience to sign up for this trip. In particular, you should be very comfortable with:
- Using crampons on steep terrain (a section of the trail is very steep)
- Full face covering
You also need to be in a good shape and able to hike at a good and sustained pace, taking few and efficient breaks.
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 8
- Signups opened at
- Jan. 29, 2020, noon
- Signups closed at
- Jan. 30, 2020, 11:59 p.m.
- Notes
- What is your previous above treeline experience?
- When have you used crampons before?
- Tell us about a hard hike you've done and loved
- Would you be able to stay in a MITOC cabin on Saturday evening?
- What do you think is the appropriate outfit to take a summit picture?
Signups for this trip are closed.