I'm staying in one of the Appalachian Mountain Club high summit huts in the White Mountains tomorrow night. Doing the Franconia Ridge loop hike. Part of the hike tomorrow, spend the night at the Greenleaf Hut. Then continue up to the summit of Mt. Lafayette and across 1.7 miles of ridge above tree line on Franconia Ridge Trail (Appalachian Trail) over Mt. Lincoln to Little Haystack Mountain. Then down Falling Waters Trail to the car.
I've hiked the 3 miles (2400 feet of elevation gain) to the hut. I've hike the 3.2 miles and 3100 feet of elevation gain to the top of Falling Waters Trail, but never linked them together.
The hut has running water and serves dinner and breakfast, but no hot water, no electricity. Bunks for 30 people although I don't think it will be full on a Monday night.
Here's a slideshow of my hike just to the hut last summer, with the ridgeline I'll be crossing on day two in most of the mountain vista shots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd1_Vs4mn1w
I've hiked the 3 miles (2400 feet of elevation gain) to the hut. I've hike the 3.2 miles and 3100 feet of elevation gain to the top of Falling Waters Trail, but never linked them together.
The hut has running water and serves dinner and breakfast, but no hot water, no electricity. Bunks for 30 people although I don't think it will be full on a Monday night.
Here's a slideshow of my hike just to the hut last summer, with the ridgeline I'll be crossing on day two in most of the mountain vista shots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd1_Vs4mn1w
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