We'll be heading out for a hike up Mt. Jackson and Mt. Webster on Sunday. Mt. Jackson is a 4000-footer at the southern end of New Hampshire’s Presidential Range, with superb views in essentially all directions - you can see 30 other 4000-footers from it! The hike will be 6.5 miles with 2400 ft. of elevation gain. What makes it on the difficult side of moderate is some scrambling near the top (not quite rock climbing, but expect to use your hands) and the expected cold temperatures on Sunday (current forecast: sunny and clear, but 10F/-12C with wind chill down to 0F/-18C). There are also small stream crossings, but they are easy, according to recent trip reports.

We’ll hike up to Mt. Jackson first, following this route: https://caltopo.com/m/1QGB

We're planning on going at a comfortable pace throughout the hike.

We’d leave the MIT Student Center at 6:00am on Sun Jan 16 and start driving back before sunset.

The required pre-trip meeting will be held on Zoom on Wed Jan 12 at 9:30pm, and then participants should go to office hours Thurs Jan 13 at 9pm at the MITOC office, W20-461, to rent/purchase the gear they need.

Please edit the "Lottery preferences" in the menu at upper right to show whether you have a car or are willing to drive a rental car, and how many passengers you could take!

Required clothing for subzero hiking includes: insulated winter boots (can be rented from MITOC - no summer hiking boots or sneakers!), full waterproof/windproof layers; full face covering (balaclava or buff or scarf); ski goggles (leaders have 2 extra pairs of goggles, or can be purchased from MITOC - if weather permits, sunglasses might suffice in place of goggles).