07/12/2014 Mount Washington / Mount Clay / Mount Jefferson

Saturday July 12, 2014

Mount Washington / Mount Clay / Mount Jefferson

Tuckerman Ravine Trail / Huntington Ravine Trail / Nelson Crag Trail / Mount Washington / Trinity Connector / Gulfside Trail / Clay Loop / Mount Clay / Clay Loop / Gulfside Trail / Jefferson Loop / Mount Jefferson / Jefferson Loop / Six Husbands Trail / Great Gulf Trail / Madison Gulf Trail / Old Jackson Road

Leaving the crowds behind

Huntington Ravine ahead

Huntington Ravine

Huntington Ravine - yellow blazes at turns

Pinnacle with waterfalls

Huntington Ravine

Huntington Ravine - climbers off trail to left

Huntington Ravine - gaining elevation

Huntington Ravine - looking back

Huntington Ravine - clear blue skies

Huntington Ravine- view left of trail

Huntington Ravine - view right of trail

Huntington Ravine

Huntington Ravine - rock scramble ahead (center right)

Huntington Ravine - flowers before tackling scramble

Huntington Ravine - good view of climber below

Huntington Ravine - different angle of pinnacle from trail

Huntington Ravine

Huntington Ravine

Huntington Ravine

Huntington Ravine - looking down

Huntington Ravine - looking left- Boott Spur 

Huntington Ravine- looking left- Boott Spur

Huntington Ravine Trail - over the lip - Boott Spur 

Huntington Ravine Trail

Nelson Crag Trail Junction

Nelson Crag Trail - bicycle race today

Nelson Crag Trail - bicycle race today

Nelson Crag Trail 

Nelson Crag Trail - looking back

Nelson Crag Trail - looking out over Huntington Ravine

Nelson Crag Trail - Mount Adams / Mount Madison (right)

Nelson Crag Trail - Mount Jefferson / Mount Adams / Mount Madison

Nelson Crag Trail

Nelson Crag Trail - distinctive black smoke of cog railroad

Nelson Crag Trail - summit building, auto road and train tracks

Nelson Crag Trail

Nelson Crag Trail

Nelson Crag Trail

Nelson Crag Trail

Nelson Crag Trail

Nelson Crag Trail

Nelson Crag Trail - auto road crossing

Nelson Crag Trail - looking back

Nelson Crag Trail

Mount Washington Summit - gaggle of people

Mount Washington Summit

Mount Washington Summit - summit photo (photo bombed!)

Summit conditions - gorgeous!

Trinity Heights Connector  to Gulfside Trail (next destination ahead)

Gulfside Trail

Gulfside Trail - Spaulding Lake below (center below cloud shadow)

Gulfside Trail - Mount Clay first!

Gulfside Trail

Gulfside Trail  - Spaulding Lake

Gulfside Trail - closeup of Spaulding Lake

Mount Clay Loop

Mount Clay Loop - looking back

Mount Clay Loop- looking back

Mount Clay Summit

Mount Clay Summit - looking back

Mount Clay Summit - auto road up Mount Washington

Mount Clay Summit - Mount Jefferson next

Mount Clay Loop

Mount Clay Loop

Mount Clay Loop

Gulfside Trail

Looking back - Mount Clay / Mount Washington

Mount Jefferson Loop - flat land at base of trail (Gulfside Trail cairns in distance)

Mount Jefferson Loop - summit ahead

Mount Jefferson Loop - looking back

Mount Jefferson Loop - looking back (Southern Presidentials to right of Clay)

Mount Jefferson Loop - looking down 

Mount Jefferson Summit - Mount Adams

Mount Jefferson Summit - Mount Washington

Mount Jefferson summit - Southern Presidentials

Mount Jefferson cairn below summit (Mount Washington behind cairn)

Six Husbands Trail

Six Husbands Trail - looking back at Mount Jefferson

Six Husbands Trail - Mount Adams

Six Husbands Trail - zoom of auto road

Six Husbands Trail - Mount Washington

Six Husbands Trail - into the Great Gulf Wilderness

Six Husbands Trail - looking up talus field

Six Husbands Trail - looking up

Six Husbands Trail - folks on Edmonds Col Cutoff Trail 

Six Husbands Trail - folks on Edmonds Col Cutoff Trail (zoom)

Six Husbands Trail - folks on Edmonds Col Cutoff Trail 

Six Husbands Trail - junction Edmonds Col Cutoff Trail 

Six Husbands Trail - looking back

Six Husbands Trail - Mount Washington

Six Husbands Trail

Six Husbands Trail - Mount Adams

Six Husbands Trail - small body of water at bottom of ravine to left (zoom)

Six Husbands Trail - small body of water down below left of trail in lighter patch below

Six Husbands Trail

Six Husbands Trail - zoom of river down below

Six Husbands Trail - looking up

Six Husbands Trail - butterfly in flight - looking down

Six Husbands Trail - snack spot!

Six Husbands Trail - ladders begin

Six Husbands Trail - looking up

Six Husbands Trail

Six Husbands Trail

Six Husbands Trail

Six Husbands Trail

Great Gulf Trail - metal rods in large boulder and stone wall on other side (old bridge?)

Great Gulf Trail - metal rods in large boulder and stone wall on other side (old bridge?)

Great Gulf Trail - metal rods in large boulder and stone wall on other side (old bridge?)

Falls at Huntington Ravine