Meet Up on Mt Lafayette.

This weekend a few members of the Boston Meet Up group came up to NH for some winter mountaineering activities on Mt Welsh and Mt Lafayette. The photos are from Matt during the spectacular day they all had in the mountains last Sunday. Enjoy

We chose the Greenleaf Trail for our ascent of Mt. Lafayette. Here is Ashwini, Ken, and Julia at the trailhead, where the elevation is 1200 feet. In the background is Eagle Cliff with Eagle Pass on its right side. From the start the trail sidecuts a boulder strewn hillside before gaining the impressive pass at 1.5 miles. Eagle Pass is at an elevation of 3000 feet with granite walls smattered with ice on either side.

In 2.7 miles we reached the Greenleaf Hut, elevation 4245 feet. Here we earned our first real views of our objective after gaining 3045 feet over 2.7 miles. Thats 1127 feet per mile, which feels a lot like mountain climbing! Pictured here is the "Dream Team" with Mt. Lafeyette still 1015 feet higher, and the Franconia Ridge in the background.

This is a shot of Ken, Ashwini and Julia along the 1.1 miles to the summit from the Greenleaf Hut. Mt. Lincoln and the rest of the Franconia Ridge is their back drop.

After gaining another 1015 feet over 1.1 miles, we reached the summit in perfectly calm conditions and clear skies. 4060 feet of climbing over 3.8 miles... thats pretty close to what we do on Mt. Washington, and we are rewarded with this view, here is Ashwini and Julia with the Presidential Range behind them.

Thanks to Ken, Julia, and Ashwini for another beautiful day in the mountains.

Matt Ritter

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