We'll be hiking South and Middle Moat Mountain via the Moat Mountain Trail!!

This is a trip for women and nonbinary people! (We'll traverse the gender spectrum even if we don't traverse the mountain!)

This is one of the easier above-treeline hikes in the Whites, but still above treeline in potentially bad weather, so could be a good chance to practice layering and dealing with wind without having to do a really hard hike!!! Weather is looking cold and windy - some possibility that wind chill brings it down to 0*F and that it starts snowing on us!

https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/North-Moat-Mountain/forecasts/974

Hike will be 6.5 miles with 2500 feet of elevation gain, and you should have done a few moderate to difficult winter hikes in the white mountains before signing up for this. And because it will be so cold and windy, you MUST be comfortable with your layering and temperature management systems! Full face coverings (goggles, balaclavas), windproof hard shell, good non-cotton base and midlayers, gloves, all the good stuff... We might use crampons depending on conditions.

Mandatory, in-person pre-trip meeting Thursday at 6pm in the MITOC office!