| Winter in the White Mountains |
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| Undercast from Mt. Washington |
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| By Harry Bliss 10/22/08 |
I completed the all season New Hampshire 48 4,000 foot mountains in November 2007 and the New England 67 4000
foot mountains on September 12, 2009, so now this site will track the winter list and contain my trip reports as well; containing
reports on NH 4000 footer hikes and backpacks. I have recently added a tab for races run, really more like jogged, as
I try and come back to running. Regular nagging injuries have stopped me in the past and already threaten now.
But as long as there is hope, I'll get out and give it a shot. Finally, there is information
on planning for my August 2007 John Muir Trail (JMT) trip. I'll keep that up for a while as the time has passed, but will
also fix it up to adjust for my retry in 2012- yes 2012. Feel free to come back to watch for updates. A trip report,
or journal, is up for my aborted 2007 JMT trip, you can link to it from the menu on the left. Also included is a listing of
gear used and food eaten. Hopefully some of that will aid others as trip reports I have read have helped me. Since my
trip ended fairly early I won't comment on gear since it wasn't enough time to tell how well everything worked.
Planning is already underway for the 2012 retry, taking things I learned in only 1 week of hiking. Updates here to follow
in the future.
New Hampshire
48 4000 Foot Mountains
For
those who don't know, there is a list of "official" summits over 4000 feet in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
Whether you are a peak bagger or not, you'd want to do all of the peaks because they represent a diverse area of hiking
by terrain, location, view, crowds and difficulty. Limiting yourself to the 48 would also be a mistake as there are lots of
sub 4000 foot peaks that are great hikes as well. For the current time, I'll focus on my progress towards summitting
the 4000 foot peaks in winter . My all season quest started in 2003 on Mt Washington and I finished in November
2007. My winter list started in 2005, and who knows if I'll ever finish. The list of peaks and my progress
will be found on the NH 48 4000 footer page.
If you have any questions, comments or want
to talk anything NH Hikng, you can email me at: nh48@tucohiking.com
John
Muir Trail Stats
Besides
the beautiful scenery and rugged mountains there's a trail to hike so here are a few stats:
Start- Yosemite Park, finish Mt. Whitney (official end of the hike)- 211 miles
Mt. Whitney to Whitney Portal- 11 miles for a total
trip total of 222 miles
Elevation
gain/loss- estimated at 90,000 feet for trip
Low Point- Happy Isles Traihead (start)- 4,035 feet
High Point- Mt Whitney- (end of trail)- 14,494 feet, the highest point in the "lower
48 states"
through
3 National Parks- Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia
AUGUST, 2012!!
If you have any questions, comments or want to talk
anything JMT, you can email me at: jmt@tucohiking.com
