Monday, June 3, 2019
Mt. Moosilauke
9.3 miles
Mt. Moosilauke is one of those places that you hear about a long time before you get here. About how difficult and steep the north side of Mt. Moosilauke is, going downhill especially when it is wet. I know lots of people do it the traditional way, but we are choosing to slackpack Mt. Moosilauke southbound today upon the advise of so many people.
We started at 6:45 and finished at 3:15. It was a beautiful day 35 to 45 degrees. It was steep and rocky all the way up as we hiked most of the way beside a stream. Wait-up caught one of his trekking poles between rocks and broke it. Luckily, we had wrapped some duct tape around our poles so that he could temporarily repair his pole. When we got back to Mt. Liberty, Mike gave him a Black Diamond pole that another hiker had left there. Nice!
We saw lots of frozen snow on the trail and passed the 1800 mile marker.
On top of the mountain it was cold and windy. But oh so beautiful! 360 degree views -- gloriously beautiful!
Only one other person and her dog was there with us.
On the way down it started snowing. It was a nice hike down the south side of the mountain which is not nearly as steep as the north side.
Again, we came out on NH 25 where Mike picked us up and took us back to Lincoln.
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