Summer Pemigewasset Wilderness Backpacking Trip

We will do a 2 night backpacking trip to New Hampshire in the middle of the summer. This will be an amazing backpacking trip where we will hit 16 4000 peaks in New Hampshire. We will drive up to Conway, NH on Thursday night and stay at our favorite hostel for the night and then early in the morning on Friday we will drive to the trailhead.

Backpacking plan:

- Friday

Backpack to Guyot Campsite from Hancock Notch Trail: 14 miles. 3 mile side trip to Hancocks without our backpacks.

Peaks:

Mt Hancock
South Hancock
Bondcliff
Mt Bond

- Saturday

Backpack to Garfield Ridge Campsite 5.6 mile hike with sidetrips to West Bond, Mt Guyot, Zealand Mtn, South Twin, North Twin and Galehead which should add about 7.2 miles.

Peaks:

West bond
Mt Guyot
Zealand
South Twin
North Twin
Galehead

- Sunday

Backpack to Lincoln Woods trailhead. 14 miles.

Peaks:

Garfield
Lafayette
Lincoln
Little Haystack
Liberty
Flume

We will drive back on Sunday unless people suggest we stay to rest at the hostel and drive back on Monday morning. I'm open to that suggestion.

Experienced backpackers only. Must be able to read a map and find your way out of the woods if needed.

Requirements:

Backpack
Map
Thermal Underwear
Warm Hat
Balaclava
Soft Shell
15F-20F sleeping bag
Gloves
Fleece
Sleeping Mat
Food
Stove (optional, we can share) + Fuel
Water filter or water tablets or both. (If you have a sterypen make sure you have some pills as backup those things always fail.)
Sleeping pad
Compass
2 1L bottles of water to fill up with water.
Headlamp plus extra batteries.

The warm clothes are necessary in these mountains. It can be hot up to 90 degrees during the day but at night temperature can dip to below freezing with snow in the middle of the summer. It is not always the case it could be hot every night but in these mountain you never. It was snowing at night on July 2 when I was there 2 years ago.

This is a very hard backpacking trip and you will have to keep a good pace in order not to finish at midnight every night. I'm not responsible for any of you. This is not a paid trip. It is just an invitation to join me at your own risk. We do backpack in pairs so that if anything happens to either person in a group the other one can get help. Pair up with someone of your own speed.

When you RSVP please indicate whether you're driving or not and how many you can take with you.

thanks,

francisco
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