Day 30: Franconia Ridge and Old Colony Ski Club

The alarm of 4:30 arrived too early. I was scheduled to be a city day, and we had just over 11 miles to get up and more from Francia Ridge to a path. We quickly packed, but we deviate during breakfast, talking to all other people in the north direction. It’s so pleasant to hang out with other hikers! I will never get tired of that.

Our first mission was to end the upload by Mount Garfield. Our camp was located in the middle of the ascent. The views were pleasant, but we had to keep this train in motion.

Things were quite soft to the rise of Lafayette. With a climb of just over 1,000 feet, we both had Honey Stinger gels in advance to add some motivation at the height.

We broke the tree line and we could see in all directions, even looking back and picking Mount Washington in the distance with its center of towers and visitors.

We had heard that Francia Ridge is the favorite part of some people on the path, and we arrived at the Gordo Award with the weather. There were no clouds or wind. The rest of the traverse was an incredibly beautiful crest walk. We begin to approach more and more hikers and hikers. This is a super popular path because we were on him on Monday morning, and it was still full.

Finally we arrive at the top of Mount Lincoln and Little Haystack Mountain before reaching our great descent to the home.

We stopped at the Liberty Springs camp for a last filling in the water and talked with the caregiver and another through a trip. While exchanging riddles, I immediately guessed the correct answer to one they gave me.

A wonderful and educated small dog named Roy appeared on the way down.

Our transport driver, Jen, was waiting for us when we arrived at the parking lot. She gave us the great Woodstock tour and was very helpful and hospitable.

Nick and I shower and start the clothes before grabbing the subs of the service station next door. Now, it was time for a nap.

During the rest of the day, we made a shopping trip for food, we ate in a barbecue place (they gave us a discount of hiker in our beers, free!), And they got an ice cream. We accommodate ourselves in our bunk beds in the ski club.

Our plan for tomorrow is to loosen the Kinsman mountain range. Jen will leave us at the beginning of the path, but we will not carry our full backpacks, only snacks, water and other needs for a one -day walk. She will pick us up at the end of the day and take us back to the ski club, and we will resume the backpack the next day. There is a possibility of thunderstorms, so we can take a zero day.

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