Gallivanting on Garfield on Sunday
- Leaders
- Bjorn Poonen (B coC), Ida Assefa (B)
- Program
- Winter School
- Type
- Hiking
- Terrain level
- B
- Trip date
- Sunday, February 4th, 2024
- Difficulty rating
- Difficult
- Prerequisites
- Previous winter hiking experience. Physical condition for a hike of this length and elevation gain.
Join us on a hike to Mt. Garfield, a 4000-footer whose dramatic conical peak at the northern end of the Franconia Ridge gives a unique view of the ridge and the Pemigewasset Wilderness, from its treeless summit area!
Hike: 12.4 mi, 3300 ft. gain, but grades are moderate so it's not quite as hard as the length might make it seem. Map: https://caltopo.com/p/Q83N5
We will leave Cambridge early so that we can hike at a comfortable pace. We'll stop for a quick breakfast along the way.
Mandatory pre-trip meeting Thursday Feb 1 at 6pm in the Student Center.
Participants will share car costs (about $120/car). If you can drive your own car or are willing to drive a rental car, please edit the lottery preferences on your MITOC profile to show this.
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 8
- Signups opened at
- Jan. 31, 2024, noon
- Signups closed at
- Feb. 1, 2024, 5 p.m.
- Notes
- Describe a winter hike you have done before (length and elevation gain, if you remember them).
- Have you used snowshoes before? (previous experience not required)
Signups for this trip are closed.