{"id":902,"date":"2016-09-04T00:22:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T04:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hentschels.com\/blog\/?p=902"},"modified":"2016-10-22T14:17:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T18:17:31","slug":"2016-white-mountain-presidential-range-traverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hentschels.com\/blog\/?p=902","title":{"rendered":"2016 White Mountain Presidential Range traverse"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was a teenager, my parents frequently hiked with me\u00a0in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. My favorite range to hike is the Presidentials. I haven’t been up the Presidentials in about 20 years, but this year I had the opportunity to do a Presidential traverse with my eldest son, Tim. Here is a synopsis of our trip.<\/p>\n

DISCLAIMER:\u00a0<\/strong>This article incorporates far more images than my typical article. Sorry. I tried to reduce it, but I just love mountain pictures!<\/p>\n

Cast of characters<\/h2>\n

Tim (another one) and Stephen Arrowsmith, who are friends from church, accompanied us on the trip. Tim (who we call “Mr. Tim”) has been a good friend of mine for years, and Stephen has been friends with my son, Tim, since they were babies.<\/p>\n

Day 1: Up from valley\u00a0to Mizpah Springs Hut<\/h2>\n

We started our hike in Crawford Notch and hiked up the Crawford Path to Mizpah Spring Hut<\/a>.\u00a0This was a relatively easy 2.4 mile hike through the woods.<\/p>\n

\"Up<\/a>
Up the Crawford Path to Mizpah Spring Hut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We left the parking lot at right around 10AM on Saturday, August 27, and arrived at Mizpah Spring Hut (on the side of Mt. Pierce) just before 12PM. We dropped our packs there and decided to hike 3.4 miles out to the summit of Mt. Jackson and back.<\/p>\n

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\"Tim<\/a>
Tim at Mizpah Spring Hut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The southern peaks seen from Jackson. Mizpah Hut is in the lower-left of the image. The mountain at the far-right of the image is Mt. Washington.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"IMG_2050\"<\/a>
Tim climbing up the peak of Mt. Jackson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tim<\/a>
Tim and Stephen Sitting on the peak of Jackson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Once<\/a>
Once we got back to Mizpah, we had time to play cards for a bit before dinner at 6:00.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tim<\/a>
Tim and Stephen were fascinated with this “epic” Jenga match\u00a0in Mizpah Hut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 2: Across southern peaks to Lakes of the Clouds Hut<\/h2>\n
\"Tim<\/a>
Mr. Tim relaxing in his bunk before breakfast at Mizpah.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Stephen<\/a>
Stephen in the Mizpah bunk room Sunday morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The next day we hiked 5 miles across the ridge (over Mt. Pierce, Mt. Eisenhower, and Mt. Monroe) to Lakes of the Clouds Hut<\/a>, which is located between the peaks of Mt. Monroe and Mt. Washington. When we got to the slope of Monroe, we all decided to go around it so we could drop our packs at the hut and then scale to the summit without the extra weight.<\/p>\n

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\"On<\/a>
On the summit of Mt. Pierce.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Heading<\/a>
Heading across the ridge toward Eisenhower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Scaling<\/a>
Scaling the side of Mt. Eisenhower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"On<\/a>
On the peak of Eisenhower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The view of the ridge from the summit of Eisenhower. The large mountain at the left is Mt. Washington. Monroe is the bump in front of Washington’s right shoulder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tim<\/a>
Tim looking from the ridge down into the valley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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