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September 9, 2004

The Mountain

So we finally climbed to the top of Mount Washington last July after a summer of training hikes in the Blue Hills. We decided that rather than make another attempt at last year's route on the eastern side (Tuckerman Ravine) that we would make a bid for the classic western loop - this loop consists of an ascent via Ammonoosuc Ravine trail to Lakes of the Clouds in the col between Mounts Monroe and Washington, then Crawford Path from there to the summit; the intended descent is via Gulfside trail across to the junction of the Jewell trail just below the summit of Mount Clay, then Jewell trail down to the trailhead. If we had left a couple of hours earlier, we might have had the stamina and daylight left to make the descent, but after climbing for about five hours and reaching the summit at about 3:39 PM, we knew that we didn't have the steam or the time, so we ponied up the dough and took one of the last Cog trains to the base.

Check out the pictures here.

Posted by Turfdigger at September 9, 2004 9:11 PM
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Posted by: treck at September 13, 2004 2:34 PM