Hollering on the Hancocks
- Leaders
- Daniel Yang (A coB), Max Kenngott (coB), Nicolas Romeo (C coI S)
- Program
- Winter School
- Type
- Hiking
- Terrain level
- B
- Trip date
- Sunday, January 15th, 2023
- Difficulty rating
- Difficult
- Prerequisites
- Prior winter hiking experience, moderate fitness
We'll be kicking off Winter School by heading into New Hampshire's awesome White Mountains for a 9-ish mile hike that will summit both of the Hancocks, two bona fide 4,000-footers.
The route is a loop featuring 2,600ft of elevation gain, with a steep grade and some scrambling over the last mile. We'll be following the Hancock trail, which starts from the side of the Kancamagus Highway, detailed here https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-hampshire/hancock-trail.
We expect snowy and potentially icy terrain, traction will be a required, most likely both microspikes and crampons.
There will be a mandatory pre-trip meeting after the safety lecture on Thursday evening, and you'll be able to rent gear then. More information to follow after the lottery. Get stoked!
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 7
- Signups opened at
- Jan. 11, 2023, noon
- Signups closed at
- Jan. 12, 2023, 11:59 p.m.
- Notes
- Please describe your most recent 3-season hiking experience.
- Please describe your winter hiking experience.