Getting Freaky on Franconia
- Leaders
- Ben Pearre (A coC), Florian Pagnoux (C coI coS), Jolien van Nieuwenhuizen (coC coI)
- Program
- Winter School
- Type
- Hiking
- Terrain level
- C
- Trip date
- Saturday, February 1st
- Difficulty rating
- Difficult (L4)
- Prerequisites
- Previous winter hiking experience (at least 3000ft feet of vert and 6 miles). Previous experience hiking of a similar difficulty in any season.
The Franconia ridge is one of the most iconic hikes of the Whites, with amazing views on both sides, and 2 miles of really fun above treeline exposed terrain!
The hike is an 8 miles loop with about 4000ft in elevation gain. Full skin coverage is required for the above treeline section: goggles, balaclava, warm gloves, etc.
Caltopo: https://caltopo.com/m/EP1V0
We will be hiking the counter-clockwise direction and exchanging high fives with another Franconia Ridge group as they go the less-awesome-than-us way of clockwise.
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 7
- Signups opened at
- Jan. 29, 2025, noon
- Signups close at
- Jan. 30, 2025, 11:59 p.m.
- Notes
- Tell us about your favorite winter hikes so far!
- What's a strenuous hike (winter or 3-season) than you especially enjoyed?
- Have you every hiked above treeline during winter in the NorthEast before? (not mandatory)
- What freaks you out the most?
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