July 18-19, 2014
Lincoln Woods Trail / Osseo Trail / Mount Flume / Franconia Ridge Trail / Mount Liberty / Franconia Ridge Trail / Little Haystack Mountain / Franconia Ridge Trail / Mount Lincoln / Franconia Ridge Trail / Bushwhack (Lincoln Slide) / Lincoln Brook Trail / Twin Brook Trail / Twinway / South Twin Mountain / Twinway / Bondcliff Trail / Mount Bond / Bondcliff Trail / Bondcliff / Bondcliff Trail / Lincoln Woods Trail
Lafayette in the clouds from Mount Flume - zoom |
Lincoln / Lafayette / Garfield from Mount Flume |
Liberty / Lincoln / Lafayette from Mount Flume |
South Twin / Guyot / Bonds from Mount Flume |
Lincoln / Garfield from Mount Liberty |
Owls's Head with Twin Range in distance from Mount Liberty |
Kinsmans / Cannon Balls from Little Haystack |
Little Haystack and Lincoln ahead |
Little Haystack and Lincoln |
Pemi Wilderness below with Mount Carrigain in the distance |
Looking back at Mount Liberty and Mount Flume |
Twin Range and Bonds with Mount Washington center left |
Lafayette / Garfield with Lincoln Slide |
Lincoln Slide heads into the Pemi Wilderness below |
Top of the Lincoln Slide |
Mount Lincoln from the slide |
Owl's Head from the slide |
Ridgeline to left gets further away |
Looking back up the slide |
Butterfly lands on the few flowers in the slide |
Looking up the slide |
Looking at the route down |
Owl's Head with Mount Carrigain in distance from the slide |
First sign of ground water running down the mountain |
Looking down the slide |
Looking up the route |
Looking up to the left at ridgeline |
Heading down the slide |
Looking back up |
Slide getting narrower, stream starting to develop to right |
Owl's Head getting bigger |
Conditions in the slide |
Heading down |
Bushwhack from the slide - some open woods |
Crossing the stream headed for base of Owl's Head slide trail |
Bushwhack - another section of nice open woods |
End of bushwhack, Lincoln Brook Trail on other side of water |
Home sweet home |
Campfire |
Current landmark for start of "unofficial" Owl's Head Trail |
Start of Owl's Head Trail |
Lincoln Brook Trail blazed near 13 Falls Tentsite |
Old marker on Lincoln Brook Trail |
Snack time at 13 Falls water crossing |
Twin Brook Trail |
It's a steep 0.8 miles to the summit! |
Route to Galehead Mountain |
Refreshed and ready for the climb after snacks at the Hut |
Garfield poking out |
Galehead from Twinway Trail - Garfield in distance |
Garfield Mountain with the Galehead Hut below |
Lincoln / Lafayette / Garfield in distance from South Twin |
Heading back below treeline, Mount Carrigain center left |
Twinway Trail - headed to the Bonds |
Yesterday's route in the distance |
Headed to Mount Guyot |
Zoom of Mount Washington in the clouds |
Mount Washington left |
Franconia Ridge |
Twinway Trail |
Twinway Trail - Mount Guyot |
Twin Slides |
Lincoln / Lafayette/ Garfield (far right) |
Zoom of Lincoln Slide route from yesterday |
Junction with Bondcliff Trail |
Goodbye AT! |
Bondcliff Trail - West Bond |
Bondcliff Trail |
Bondcliff Trail |
Bondcliff Trail |
Bondcliff Trail |
Zoom of Mount Washington from Mount Bond |
Zoom of Mount Carrigain from Mount Bond |
Route to Bondcliff from Mount Bond |
Zoom of Lincoln Slide from Mount Bond |
Zoom of Mount Garfield from Mount Bond |
Zoom of South Twin from Mount Bond |
Bondcliff Trail |
Bondcliff Trail - slides on West Bond |
Bondcliff Trail |
Bondcliff Trail |
Bondcliff Trail |
Bondcliff Trail |
Bondcliff Trail - the "cliff" |
Bondcliff Trail |
Bondcliff Trail - Mount Washington from Bondcliff |
Bondcliff Trail - Mount Bond looking back |
Bondcliff Trail - Mount Carrigain from Bondcliff |
Bondcliff Trail - another slide up West Bond from Hellgate Ravine |
Yesterday's route from Bondcliff |
West Bond and Mount Bond with the "cliff" |
Bird chilling on the cliffs |
West Bond - final shot above tree line |
07/18/2014 Bushwhack near Owl's Head (Part I)
07/18/2014 Bushwhack near Owl's Head (Part II)