Mt Isolation via Boott Spur
- Leaders
- Ashutosh Kumar (Co-Leader), Joe Palin (Leader), Xinan Huang (Co-Leader)
- WIMP
- Ali Chou
- Program
- 3-season hiking
- Type
- Hiking
- Trip date
- Sunday, July 30th, 2023
- Difficulty rating
- Difficult
- Prerequisites
- 1. Physical fitness for an Advanced difficulty trip. 2. Have hiked something of similar length and elevation gain this season. 3. Hiking boots.
Description
Leaving early (4:00 am) Sunday morning, we'll be heading up to Boott Spur via the Lion Head route. From there, we'll continue south to visit Mt Isolation before coming down the Glen Boulder Trail.
Itinerary
Suggested trail map. As it stands, this is about 13.5 miles of hiking with about 5k feet of elevation gain.
Note on difficulty
This is a hard hike. The Lion Head route is steep and dangerous for newbies. For the entire party's safety, hikers will be vetted for this hike.
If the trail conditions are poor, we'll consider something easier (possibly going up Glen Boulder instead of Lion Head).
Weather
Mount Washington weather report.
If there is rain all Sunday, will the hike still happen? If the forecast is for light rain, yes (but make sure you have hiking rain gear).
If there is lightning in the forecast, will the hike still happen? We'll likely abort the trip if lightning can't be avoided, but possibly offer a hike in a different region with better weather.
Mandatory pre-trip meeting
Thursday evening, 8:00 pm
Other
If you have questions about the hike, feel free to email the trip leaders.
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 4
- Signups opened at
- July 24, 2023, 10:03 p.m.
- Signups closed at
- July 28, 2023, 11 a.m.
- Notes
1) Do you have dietary restrictions? 2) List a comparable hike (or two) you've done in the last month, including mileage and elevation gain, and how it went. 3) Do you have hiking boots? 4) Do you enjoy rock scramble? 5) Would you be open to staying in the Whites (Intervale or a motel) overnight?