This Thursday we'll be celebrating Thanksgiving by escaping to the White Mountains to do a winter hike up the Hancocks, two of New Hampshire’s 4000-footers! This will be a physically moderate/difficult trip with a gain of ~2600’ over 8.5 miles. The trail starts out fairly flat, but gets steep towards the end. Additionally, there will be a steep descent, providing a great opportunity to work on your traction skills.

There is snow on the trail and the forecast is below freezing so we'll be treating this as a winter hike. For a preview of the current trail conditions check out the video (featuring a cute dog) here- click the first photo on that page. Since this is a winter trip, participants must have previously attended the mandatory safety lectures from a prior MITOC winter school.

A mandatory pre-trip meeting will take place Tuesday night at 6pm (with a zoom option). At this time, participants will be able to rent gear from the MITOC office.

On Thursday we will leave Cambridge at 6am and plan to be back no later than 6pm.

Preference will be given to participants with a car - please make sure your profile is up to date with your vehicle information when you sign up. It's difficult to rent a car on Thanksgiving so that's probably not an option for us.

Route: https://caltopo.com/m/0E9S Weather: https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Hancock-New-Hampshire/forecasts/1335