Took advantage of the long weekend to hike Franconia Ridge with Erin and Jon Anderman. The trail is one of the more well known routes in the White Mountains, but we were all first timers. The trail starts at the Lafayette Place Campground just before Cannon Mountain, and works its way up to the summit of Mt. Lafayette. At roughly 5,200 feet, Mt. Lafayette is the sixth highest peak in NH. From their, we crossed a ridge line that allowed us to also summit Mt. Lincoln and Little Haystack before descending back to the parking lot. Total distance was just shy of 9 miles. The hike itself was great, but fog issues kept us from seeing some of the great views along the ridge, including a view of the slide coming down from Mt. Lincoln that I hope to ski this winter.
In addition to the hike, I was able to spend some time surfing with Ryan and Scott on Friday night, and also some time at Lake Winnepasauke on Sunday with Ryan and Justin. Not too shabby for one weekend!
Enjoy the pictures!
This is a picture of the biggest waterfall on Falling Waters Trail near the end of the descent. Not sure who the folks are that popped up in the photo.
Summit of Mt. Lafayette - great views!
On the ridge approaching the summit of Mt. Lincoln.
Pretty cool shot (luck, not skill) - this is the ridge leading up to the summit of Little Haystack.
Same picture, but the clouds are less cool and it is tainted by our ugly mugs.
The infamous Shining Rock.
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